This is something I know I could stand to improve on, especially now, but the whole having to tailor your resume (technically) for each specific job makes this kind of difficult. I could really use at least one spruced-up version of my resume and CV though, to alter from there.
Job hunting sucks, even when the market wasn't this bad. Basically (okay, maybe I am jaded) it seems that you have only about a 15% shot unless you know somebody. And then, when you are luckily enough to find something, it is a crapshoot whether the HR person happens to pick you out of a stack of likely identical candidates.
Might as well just take a pile and toss it down the stairs, and choose whichever land on top. This is a tried and true method I have experiences in my undergrad assignments.
