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The only way to get a job is to apply for it. When you find a job that looks promising, you send in your resume and apply for the position. A few hours, days, even weeks go by and you haven’t heard anything. There are a number of reasons why an employer may not respond to you personally after submitting your application. What it comes down to is the more time that passes between your application and not hearing back from the employer, it often means the employer is no longer considering you for the position. If you haven’t heard back from an employer, here are 4 essential things you must do in order to get the closure you need. 1. Contact the employer in a respectful manner Employers are not required by law to respond to applicants. Of course, it would be nice of them to respond, even to just let you know you aren’t being considered for the job so you can settle nerves at the very least. If a week has passed since you applied for the position, it never hurts to reac...

In a recent post on Tumblr, user queendread was sick of sifting through resumes and cover letters. They quickly came up with a list of 10 things you should and shouldn’t do on your resume and cover letter and posted it to Tumblr. The list is extremely valuable for job seekers like you because it comes directly from the people you’re trying to convince to hire you! Chances are if you’re doing any of the things on this list, you may be getting passed up by employers. To see the full post, click here . For the sake of this article, we’ll focus on three key points this employer made that are super important when it comes to resumes and cover letters. 1. It’s the technical stuff that employers can see With most people applying for jobs online, be it through email or an applicant tracking system (ATS), most job seekers are building their resume/CV/cover letter on their computer. They can be created in multiple word processors and most importantly, each one has a file name. Sometimes ...