Many years of reading job applications has revealed two very different approaches to finding work adopted by job seekers. Some, more often women, opt for the highly targeted low-volume strategy where only thoroughly researched prospects are approached and a carefully honed and CV put forward. These I call job hunters. Others, more usually males, will adopt the high-volume scattergun, some might say promiscuous approach, throwing their CV at any remotely relevant Tom, Dick or Harriet as this will surely result in some flicker of interest and a place on somebody's shortlist. This type of candidate or applicant is more akin to a farmer, scattering a multitude of seeds in the hope that some will produce. There are problems with both approaches and probably the ideal strategy is somewhere in between the two.
