This is an area where so many job seekers fall short and miss an opportunity. The ease of submitting resumes and cover letters tend to take the focus off of the importance of tracking, follow-up, research and maximizing the use of the tools available. While you want to maximize your efforts by applying on every applicable career sites possible. With there being so many good ones out there, but you have to do it in an organized approach or your efforts will be loss. You ultimately want to organize your search & distribute your resume and cover letter as quickly as possible. However, if you are not organized in your approach to accomplishing this goal it will be very apparent to that potential employer that you did just that; got your resume and cover out as quickly as possible without doing your homework.
A few tips on tracking you job serach efforts is to keep a log of the search engine you are using, the dates and positions you applied for to assure timely follow-up and closure. It is very easy to get so far ahead of yourself that when you get that important call back that you have nop clue about the position, company or if and when you applied?
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