The entry has one thing right: submitting resumes to “Careers@Company.com” is the same as tossing them into a blackhole. There are too many others going that route, so you have to find alternative paths to get noticed.

Read on, fellow seekers.

Take 3 minutes to listen (or read the transcript in the link above) – and pay particular attention to the last section.

Companies are so deluged by resumes, they are beginning NOT to list their openings instead. Whereas they want a handful of good resumes, they are getting hundreds, and even thousands instead.

This means networking now connects you with listings that aren’t published at all.

Here’s a related anecdote: A good friend in recruiting at a local hospital said they ran ad for medical researchers recently. They have one opening. They usually get 5 resumes. Instead, they got 45 – and several were overqualified.

It’s easy to talk ourselves into believing what we need to do in order to feel good again because the job search is not a fun process. Sometimes, it’s downright agonizing.

Consider the pain being meted out daily, we all need some anesthesia, too. That’s why liquor sales are on the rise, I suppose.

With job descriptions becoming impossibly narrow and bullet riddled, giving in to your urge to prove you can meet every single requirement means you aren’t being realistic. Step back and ask, “Would I apply for this job if I already had one and I didn’t have to make a move?”

You may not have the luxury of such a question, you feel. You have to find something, anything, now, today, yesterday. Doing so also means jumping into harm’s way possibly.

Decipher the job description to identify the key functions the employer wants, then focus on how you can support those needs. The rest are areas that you otherwise demonstrate you have the know-how to tackle. Knowing how to find the answer is more important than knowing the actual answer.

The article’s nugget (like all well-written articles) is at the end: give credit to others when due and prove you are a team player both remain a winning strength when marketing yourself.