Look out for these seven pitfalls to successfully salary negotiations. They can trip you up if you are unaware. Having a strategy going into the negotiations and a positive attitude can help you avoid them and come out of the salary negotiations happy about what you achieved.

Your resume can do much to help – or hurt – your chances of getting the job. It's important not to make mistakes that will eliminate you from contention for a job as early on as possible. Your resume must present you in a way that shows how hiring you will benefit whoever is doing the hiring, so make adjustments by cutting out anything that isn't relevant and highlighting your value. You might boost your relevance to hiring managers above your competitors, which could allow you to get the call for an interview.

Sometimes we dismiss what we see and feel because we want the job so much. Doing this can be a big mistake. The people in the hiring process should be on their best behavior during the hiring process.

Reaching out to agency recruiters may be an important part of your overall job search strategy. Agency recruiters may have access to opportunities that are not otherwise advertised on job boards or even on the company website. Knowing how to best work with agency recruiters can help them do their job effectively and help you to get intelligence about the job market and information about opportunities now and in the future.

In today's business world, networking is a must if you want to keep your career moving forward. Being an introvert doesn't mean you can't be a good networker. You may have to approach it differently than your extroverted friends and colleagues. With these tips, you can become more at ease with networking and have techniques to make you effective.

A well-written and exciting LinkedIn profile may result in getting contacted for roles of interest by a recruiter, a hiring manager wanting to bring you in for an interview, or a connection letting you know about an opportunity that is right for you. Wouldn’t you like that?

Content will always be king when it comes to resume writing. Effectively formatting your resume will not overcome issues caused by not understanding what your audience values or how to write about your value to a prospective employer. These are fundamentals to a great resume.

Yet, if you have good content, why not present it in a way that makes it easier for the reader to find and understand?

Having your resume address what the employer will find of value is extremely important. Writing the stories in a way that shows your impact will interest potential employers. This is so much better than writing a list of job duties. It will make you of more interest relative to your competition.

You can’t write about your value when you do not know what it is for an employer. And worrying about formatting your resume will be a fool's errand if your content doesn’t address what that employer needs.