Job Search Tip: Refresh Your Resume (Often)

What do you do when you stop getting phone calls and stop receiving emails inquiring about you and your resume? You may think that you may have to apply to more jobs and have to network more and may even need to go to more job fairs?  All of these things are of course helpful in your job search, but what I have found is that I can do a simple thing like refresh my resume and within a day or two I am getting lots of phone calls and emails again.

To refresh your resume on the major job sites like Monster and CareerBuilder you will need to log in and re-post (upload) your resume.  It appears that resumes that are older than 30 days will get less and less interest from recruiters.  Recruiters / Head Hunters tend to gravitate towards recently posted (recently uploaded) resumes.  So, if you want a steady flow of calls and emails, then try uploading your resume at least every 30 days.  You can also upload (refresh) your resume more often if you like.

Now be careful to not over saturate your name and resume.  If recruiters see you too often, then you may have over-exposed yourself.  On the flip-side, you can be strategic and take down your resume for 6 months or a year, if you're not actively looking for a job.  That way, when you are ready again and post your resume, the recruiters / staffing agents will see you as NEW candidate and gravitate towards your NEW resume and hopefully will land you the NEW job you desire.

What are your experiences with this strategy?  Has it worked for you or others you know?