November 28th
She Makes a Good Point
Recently Jennifer from ResumeASAP placed an ad here. Some of the responses were interesting and she blogged about one of them. Jennifer raises a very good point. Read the ad thoroughly before you respond, and make the necessary changes to your form cover letter.
I once received an email for “Dear Mr. Jens”
And speaking of cover letters, do go back and check out our cover letter clinic. It’ll keep you from making some of these mistakes.
Have a good night all.
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 7:32 am under
Amen to Jennifer.
Every time I place a job ad, I’m amazed at how many writers can’t seem to read. For my writers’ website (WRITE-from-home) which has my name plastered all over the place, including the writers’ guidelines page, I constantly get queries that begin like this:
To whom it may concern,
I am interested in writing for WORK-from-home…
I try very hard to respond to everyone as promptly as I can, but those people get the delete button. If you can’t take time to read, I can’t take time to respond.
:::steps off rant box:::
November 28th, 2007 at 9:35 amTBH Deb, I don’t think posting about what applicants had written is appropriate in this instance.
Personally, I didn’t apply for that particular gig but it looks like the poster is using the example to make some sales. I wouldn’t want a company using my information in this way.
The difference with your cover letter clinic is that your readers agree to have their details posted, and therefore can expect constructive criticism.
November 28th, 2007 at 8:02 pmshell- did she post details? That would have been a little more interesting. Maybe she edited, cause I don’t see any deets.
Deb & ASAPResume- More jobs for the rest of us who can actually read and write.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:36 pmHa! Deb you move FAST! I was surprised to see this over here.
In any case, to answer Allena’s question, I did NOT post any personal details about any jobseeker. I might be a a little snarky, but I’m not going to violate a person’s privacy to prove a point.
I was simply expressing that I can relate to the frustration that hiring managers must feel. I haven’t been in a hiring position since resumes were sent snail mail, so I had forgotten what it feels like to be on the hiring side.
November 29th, 2007 at 8:57 amHi Jennifer
I know you did not post full details, but you did post the sentence below:
“Hi, I saw your ad in craigslist and I am interested in providing content. I can send samples of my writing.”
I know you never supplied a name but I was more surprized to see you post something from someone who had applied for a position with your company.
I was just wondering if that person may read the blog and feel a little embarrassed that’s all.
November 30th, 2007 at 1:30 am