Resume and Cover Letter Do's & Don'ts
For Wildlife Biologists, Ecologists, and Related Careers
I see this a lot in the wildlife Facebook groups – people applying for hundreds of jobs just hoping they will get lucky at one. If you apply for 400 jobs over 7 months, that’s like applying for 2 jobs a day! Trust me – you don’t have to do this!
When I graduated from my Ph.D., I was told that job ads were a wish list and that if I met over 50% of the qualifications, I should apply. But I found this to be bad advice. I wasn’t getting any interviews except for the jobs where I met almost all of the qualifications. I decided to change my strategy.
Instead, I started being choosy about the jobs I applied for and only applied to those where I met 90+% of the qualifications. For those jobs, I put my heart and passion into my cover letters. And it worked. I didn’t apply for many jobs, but I got an interview for nearly 30% of the jobs I applied for (You can read all about it in my free chapter of my book).
If you’re applying to hundreds of jobs in such a short time frame, you are making it way harder on yourself. Instead choose quality over quantity and pour your heart into those applications.
Download my free PDF so you can fix the biggest mistakes on your resume and cover letters now.
I see this a lot in the wildlife Facebook groups – people applying for hundreds of jobs just hoping they will get lucky at one. If you apply for 400 jobs over 7 months, that’s like applying for 2 jobs a day! Trust me – you don’t have to do this!
When I graduated from my Ph.D., I was told that job ads were a wish list and that if I met over 50% of the qualifications, I should apply. But I found this to be bad advice. I wasn’t getting any interviews except for the jobs where I met almost all of the qualifications. I decided to change my strategy.
Instead, I started being choosy about the jobs I applied for and only applied to those where I met 90+% of the qualifications. For those jobs, I put my heart and passion into my cover letters. And it worked. I didn’t apply for many jobs, but I got an interview for nearly 30% of the jobs I applied for (You can read all about it in my free chapter download of my book).
If you’re applying to hundreds of jobs in such a short time frame, you are making it way harder on yourself. Instead choose quality over quantity and pour your heart into those applications.
Download my free PDF so you can fix the biggest mistakes on your resume and cover letters now.
