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iQuestions Faculty, Ron Price 
 
 
Question: 
 
I've sent out a number of resumes and haven't been asked to 
interview. What am I doing wrong? 
 
Answer: 
 
If you’ve sent out a number of résumés and haven’t been called in for 
interviews, there are three different things that you should take a look 
at that can help you to get those interviews in the future. 
 
First of all, customize your résumé to the particular job that you’re 
applying for. It doesn’t take a lot of extra work, but look at what the 
job is asking for. Compare it to your résumé and make sure your 
résumé has some customization to it that makes you look like the 
perfect fit for that job. 
 
Number two: don’t apply for a job that you know you’re not a good fit 
for. You’ll lose credibility with that organization.  
 
Even if another opportunity comes up that you’d be great fit for, if you 
took their time by sending them a résumé for a job that you obviously 
don’t fit, they’re going to throw your résumé away without ever 
discovering that you’re a great fit. 
 
The third thing is to let somebody else with some experience take a 
look at your résumé and tell you whether or not there’s some glaring 
mistake that’s getting you rejected early on.  
 
 
 
It could be a typo. It could be that you have a six-page résumé. I 
would advise never using more than two pages. You could always say 
there’s more information available if they want it.  
 
It could be the way that it’s laid out— the fonts you’re using, something 
to do the style— but get somebody else to take a look at your résumé 
to make sure that it’s not making an unnecessary obstacle to you 
getting that interview.  
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