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Subject:Re: Answers to Resume Question From:Mona Albano <albano -at- PROMIS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 19 Aug 1993 13:27:49 EDT
When you are deciding whether to include specific
requirements THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE AD,
remember that the person doing the first cut
on responses might be a clerk who is only looking
for those code-words.
I tend to mention the major packages and emphasize
"learned a new package at each new company", broad
experience in hardware/software, fast learner, and
so on.
Specific requirements such as "Word Scribe for Lefties"
get mentioned in the cover letter.
