Don't ignore the people who are helping you during your job search and those who can influence it. Keep in touch with them.

This will help to distinguish you from the other job candidates and will keep you top of mind with a potential employer.

It isnt hard to get lost in the job search shuffle especially if you are applying for jobs that are attracting many other candidates.

It isnt out of the ordinary for hiring managers to receive dozens of resumes through email for a particular job. Often, they get hundreds of resumes.

It also isnt out of the ordinary for newspaper ads to attract hundreds of candidates.

How can you make yourself stand out from the crowd without ruining your chances at a job?

Depending on how your resume was sent, you might receive some sort of confirmation. If you send in your resume through email, you might receive an auto response to let you know your resume has been received.

If you dont get any sort of confirmation after several days, it isnt unreasonable to contact the company to ensure your resume has been received. If it wasnt received, you cant be considered!

If youre lucky you might even get the hiring manager on the phone and have a chance for a quick chat.

Dont lose touch with people who can help you with your job search.

Also, keep in touch with people who are helping you with your job search and keep them updated on your progress.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it’s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it’s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it’s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I’m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!