[austechwriter] Re: Resumes are a show case for a Tech Writer
- From: "kate w" <world_wild@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 19:59:25 +1000
It's the succinct cover letter responding to the advertised position
criteria that gets someone to read your resume...
It costs companies big dollars to advertise, screen and interview... they
are looking to invest in the potential employee, the potential employee
needs to be prepared to invest something too.
>From: "Steve Hudson" <cruddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Resumes are a show case for a Tech Writer
>Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 19:42:33 +1000
>
>I was specifically trying to talk about sending in a great resume with no
>cover letter. The resume seems to be all the agencies want, so you do up a
>good one and rip it off each time. No cover letter. Is this good enough?
><shrugs>
>
>Steve Hudson
>
>Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia
>Tricky stuff with Word or words for you.
>Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Products: http://www.geocities.com/word_heretic/products.html
>Spellbooks: 728 pages of dump left and dropping...
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Lewis
>
>Steve Hudson:
>
> > There's so many folk looking for work I guess a % of us feel like
>there's
> > little point in wasting too much time on something that has little
>chance
>of
> > real success.
>
>So why waste your own time putting in a résumé that's not intended to stand
>a chance? Either do it properly or save the effort -- zipping off dud
>résumés isn't doing yourself any favours. (Can you imagine a conscientious
>recruiter saying "This guy still can't write -- we'll give him a miss
>again"? I can.)
>
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