Keeping It Real on the Job Hunt

This post by Boon Chew via BrazenCareerist.com has some really good points about getting a job. The best one: Be real.

Many new and soon-to-be grads are bombarded by information on what to say, what to write, who to look like, how to dress, how to act...and that can be a little overwhelming. Yes, there are guidelines about how to mesh into the professional world. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to you.

I think it's a wonderful idea for grads to digest resume and interview tips. But at the end of the day, you really have to make it your own. Be professional, but also be you. How can you do that? It's something to think about.

For me, keeping it real meant being down to earth in interviews. It meant bringing out my personal background and leveraging that to show what I could do for an employer. On many cases, it meant dressing comfortably while still adhering to office wear. That's when I was job hunting. Now I have more flexibility to be, wholly me. But I still have to play by the professional rules as I constantly hunt for freelance gigs.

How do you "keep it real" on the job hunt?