I am currently screening resumes for SIX open positions at work. This means screening several hundred resumes per week. Here is some advice for you...
- Make sure your cover letter is made out to the CORRECT company for the CORRECT position. If you've sent me a cover letter for a part time position at a toy manufacturer, you are automatically out.
- Read the job requirements. If you don't have a degree, and the job requires one, you've just wasted your time sending your resume in.
- If your e-mail address is something like 'sexygrrrl04@whatever.com' or 'iamsoawesome@something.com', perhaps consider setting up a new account - like maybe 'firstname.lastname@gmail.com'. Much more professional.
- Don't save your three page resumes with each page in a different file (ie name a, name aa and name aaa). Why would you even do that?
- For God's sake, use spell checker and READ IT OVER before you send it.
- I don't need to know about your favorite movies, favorite tv shows, favorite books, favorite sports teams etc. Not interested...
Just saying...
