You probably face this dilemma every day. Worse yet, you probably hear people make a case for either strategy just as often... I am sorry to say, but I am another one of these people trying to convince you... Since I am being honest, give me the benefit of the doubt.
Let's analyze our options in more detail: If we choose the quality route we are putting many eggs in fewer baskets (read: invest more time to apply for fewer jobs.) This approach will win us all the cookie points, sure. But the problem is not knowing if the supreme being with the God complex (aka: hiring manager) has very "peculiar" expectations, which would disqualify us from the race, regardless of the cookie points. Under this light the Quantity route seems more appealing. Send tons of applications, that way you increase your chances of coincidently meeting the "peculiar" expectations.
With that said, think about this: If hiring managers nowadays will only call people who dazzle them in the application (read: submission of the cover letter and resume,) then going for the quantity route will never, ever get us through the door.
To help you make up your mind about pursuing a quality route, click on this article. It is a written piece about applicants who submit suboptimal cover letters and resumes. The cool thing is that it is written from the perspective of a hiring manager.
I wish you success in your job search (luck is for the unprepared.)
I thought the article was more opinion then factual information,and I'm skeptical of websites that have psuedo journalist explaining information. The truth of the matter a good job seeker experiments on either technique.
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