--- title: How to Land a New Dev or IT Job: Advice from HR... description: Tips for finding a new job in a competitive market, including tailoring your resume, focusing on quality over quantity when applying for jobs, and navigating... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-land-a-new-dev-or-it-job-advice-from-hr-professionals-skytdcile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Land a New Dev or IT Job: Advice from HR Professionals | daily.dev og:description: Tips for finding a new job in a competitive market, including tailoring your resume, focusing on quality over quantity when applying for jobs, and navigating... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-land-a-new-dev-or-it-job-advice-from-hr-professionals-skytdcile og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/skYTdcIle.png og:image:alt: How to Land a New Dev or IT Job: Advice from HR Professionals og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Land a New Dev or IT Job: Advice from HR Professionals **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 8 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tips for finding a new job in a competitive market, including tailoring your resume, focusing on quality over quantity when applying for jobs, and navigating the AI screening process. Advice on standing out and getting noticed, including building job networks offline and reaching out directly to companies. Red flags to avoid on a resume, such as hidden keywords and frequent short employment stints. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#hr](https://daily.dev/tags/hr) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-land-a-new-dev-or-it-job-advice-from-hr-professionals-skytdcile) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Land a New Dev or IT Job: Advice from HR Professionals","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-land-a-new-dev-or-it-job-advice-from-hr-professionals-skytdcile","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-land-a-new-dev-or-it-job-advice-from-hr-professionals-skytdcile"},"datePublished":"2024-04-29T14:48:21.093Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z","description":"Tips for finding a new job in a competitive market, including tailoring your resume, focusing on quality over quantity when applying for jobs, and navigating...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ccad5becebcaea7bce7f6bf5cf95967e?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ccad5becebcaea7bce7f6bf5cf95967e?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-land-a-new-dev-or-it-job-advice-from-hr-professionals-skytdcile","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"hr","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Land a New Dev or IT Job: Advice from HR Professionals"}]} ```