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Jul022012

LH: Overcome Most Common Job Search Challenges

You don't need statistics to tell you that it's not easy to find a job, but they're around to reaffirm that unfortunate reality. With few opportunities, low salaries, and hardly any time to make a good impression, it can often seem hopeless. But just because the numbers may be against you, that doesn't mean you can't beat them.

In this post, we'll take a look at those intimidating job-hunting statistics and factoids one by one, then offer methods to combat each daunting detail.

According to an eye-tracking study, recruiters only look at resumes for about six seconds. That's not a lot of time to make an impression, and is kind of a depressing notion when you put in hours making your resume great. Nonetheless, welcome to reality. You need to make those six seconds count.

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