RJ and Makay

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A recent The Ladders study, “Keeping an Eye on Recruiter Behavior,”  used a groundbreaking technique called “eye tracking” to monitor recruiter behavior as they digested information or completed activities.  The study measured actual recruiters as they performed online tasks that included resume and job candidate profile reviews.  30 recruiters participated in the study over a 10-week period.

With five job seekers for every job opening overall (Labor Department) you'd think job seekers would be more professionally competitive in their job hunt. The fact is, many job seekers still rather act like there are five jobs available for every job seeker. There are major common mistakes made by job seekers over and over again even though there is plenty of information to educate job seekers otherwise.

Here's 8 common job blunders job seekers make and 5 additional oops moments to avoid.

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With an unemployment rate at 9.4% (and a true unemployment rate much higher) the competition for open positions is the highest it has been in most of the working force’s adult lifetimes. Because of this, most, in fact, nearly all of the jobseekers don’t know how to effectively compete.