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Subject:RE: monster.com and the like From:"Victoria Nuttle" <vnuttle -at- cauto -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:26:12 -0500
>>> When hiring managers post their job listings on sites like
monster.com, etc. and it lets you submit your resume through that web
site, if you don't include a cover letter will your resume even get
looked at?
My general experience has always been that when you add one, you get a
much better response rate (or, I should say, never gotten a call from a
company I didn't send a cover letter to). Responses are even better if
the letter is tailored to the company you are submitting to. If you're
a hiring manager getting the flood of response from a Monster.com ad,
it's pretty easy to tell who just submitted without much thought, and
who really seems interested in the job.
Victoria
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Victoria J. Nuttle
Technical Writer, Creative Automation
vnuttle -at- cauto -dot- com
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