Is your resume hot or not?

Getting a job is like getting a date.

1. There may or may not be rules to it.
2. It may or may not be fair.
3. They may be so desperate it doesn’t matter what you say. But do you want to hook up with someone who’s desperate?
4. Or maybe it doesn’t matter what you say because they’ve decided the answer is “no” before you opened your mouth.
5. The more in-demand you are, the more choosy you can afford to be. But if you want to get this job — or this date — then you’re probably going to have to say what they want to hear. Good luck figuring out what that is.