Selling yourself as a specialist is preferable if you:
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Know Exactly What You’re Looking For: If you’re sure about what you want and know how your skills match up to the requirements, make the case that you’re the one they need and don’t muddy your resume with a variety of unrelated skills.
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Work in a Competitive Industry: These days, employers who used to receive dozens of resumes for a position may see hundreds or thousands. The person who fits the job best, particularly in a competitive field, is more likely to get the job than someone who can do a bit of everything, recruiters say.
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Seek a Job Requiring Specialized Skill: An employer filling a job that requires deep knowledge of industrial automation, forensic accounting or video game design, to name a few, can usually find a candidate with the exact skills to match the job. If you don’t have the specific skills, your knowledge of gardening, accounting or music theory, while nice to have, won’t make up that deficit.