As an employer, what do you wish applicants did more often?
Dav3xor: I interviewed 2 recent college grads about a year ago, and they both had the same problem.  Both had a demo they had made (this was for someone to help with OpenGL work), and seemed to be reasonably competent and intelligent.What I worry about most is whether someone will be easy to work with.  I assume most people have made it through the resume sorting process by the time they get to me (I'm just an engineer were I work, we're a small company, the boss did the initial vetting).They were both so worried about making a good impression, I couldn't get them to open up and talk to me.  I couldn't tell if they had a sense of humor, or if they were flexible enough to learn something new quickly, or anything else really.So, my advice..  BE YOURSELF.  Write a resume that reflects who you are, This will make you attractive to people who would want to hire you.  When you interview, just BE YOURSELF.  If you are goofy, let it show.  Talk about your enthusiasms, show that you aren't a cookie cutter job applicant.  Stick out...You don't want to work for someone that doesn't want to hire you, it'll make you miserable.  I've had several really cool jobs (911 dispatching software, glass panel cockpit displays, digital music encoding/distribution, designing paper airplanes...), and I got all of them because I went in to the interview knowing that the guy doing the hiring interviewed me because he could think of me as someone he could work with from my resume, and we 'clicked' when we met in person.Everyone is going to give you a list of things you should/shouldn't do in resumes and interviews, but except for the obviously universal ones (spelling/grammar/personal hygiene...) these lists are full of exceptions and personal taste.  Do what YOU think is the right thing, this will innately sell you to the kind of people that you want to work for.One of my previous bosses is a regular on here, he's probably going to laugh himself silly if he reads this (I wasn't always the best employee once I got hired -- but that's another story...)Good Luck!