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hereby Your Chances of Finding a Job Are Greatly Decreased

I. Going after large organizations only (such as

the Fortune 500).

II. Hunting all by yourself for places to visit,

using ads and resum
es.
III. Doing no hom
ew
ork on an organization before

going there.
IV. Allow
ing the Personnel Departm
ent (or Hum
an

Resources) to interview
you
their prim
ary

function is to screen you O
UT.

V. Setting no tim
e lim
it w
hen you m
ake the

appointm
ent w
ith an organization.
VI. Letting your resum
e be used as the agenda

for the job-interview
.
VII. Talking prim
arily about yourself, and w
hat

benet the job w
ill be for you.
VIII. W
hen answ
ering a question of theirs, talking

anyw
here from
tw
o to fteen m
inutes at a tim
e.
IX. Basically approaching them
as if you w
ere a

job beggar, hoping they w
ill offer you a job,

how
ever hum
ble.
X. Not sending a thank-you note right after

the interview
.