However this convenience comes at a price, because it tempts jobhunters into carelessness and a blanket approach to job huntingthat ultimately hurts their chances of finding the right position.Job seekers need to remember that the same convenience that enabledthem to apply for a particular job probably enabled several hundredother people to apply for it as well. We have seen jobs thatattract two to three hundred applications within a month. It istherefore more important than ever to be distinctive.Unfortunately, many people do exactly the opposite. Following issome advice for internet job hunters:

Don't apply to everything. Some candidates seem toapply to every job they see. It is a shame they don't think aboutthe impression they make by applying within the same week for asenior financial controller-position and a construction-managerposition. The only sure thing is that a recruiter won't bother tocall the candidate back for either.

Read the requirements. If the job posting saysthat the position requires industrial experience in the Chicagomarket, don't apply unless you have it. Obviously, in somesituations you may have exceptionally strong qualifications in allof the other areas mentioned in the job posting, but generally ifemployers say they want a particular type of experience, they meanit.