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>First, they were to state for which job they were applying
>(I didn't allow "form letter" cover letters), then they were
>to go through the ad and match up their skills with what the
>company wrote down for the position.
That's nice, but why have "form" resumes? If you're going to the
trouble of tailoring a cover letter to the specific job, why not
tailor the resume?
It seems to me that a detailed cover letter is a holdover from the
days when creating a resume was a major production. I rarely use
resumes any more, but when I do, I never send one without at least a
small edit. And today's date appears in fine print in the lower left
corner (my resume is on a single side of 8.5 by 11 paper). ...RM
Richard Mateosian <srm -at- cyberpass -dot- net> www.cyberpass.net/~srm/
Review Editor, IEEE Micro Berkeley, CA
