About Job Searching: Why You Didn't Get the Job
 | from Alison Doyle
Do you ever wonder why you don't get called for interviews? One problem could be your resume and cover letters. I heard from an employer recently who told me that they received over 50 resumes for the last job they posted. Over 90% of the candidates had misspellings in their resume or cover letter, and about 50% had grammatical errors in addition to the misspellings.
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