You excitedly send off your resume and cover letter to many sources and contacts. You post your resume to several online job boards as well. You start daydreaming that your telephone is ringing off the hook with multiple job interview requests, discussing several job offers, negotiating salaries. Your daydream turns to a nightmare as you wait for the phone to ring. and wait. and wait some more. Slowly you start to realize. . Absolutely NOTHING is happening. NOTHING! How exasperating! The resume writer guaranteed you would land more job interviews. After all, this company has been in business for over 20 years. They also charge a fortune. (Over $300 dollars. ouch!) Here's what REALLY happened. With 367 people all applying for the same position as you, the pile of resumes and cover letters to sort through was massive, and your application, like 95% of them, was treated like an old newspaper and tossed right into the recycle bin. Why? Because your resume and cover letter did nothing to stand out and grab the attention of the employer! As usual, 95% of the resumes didn't even get a second look and their respective cover letters were trashed as wel...