Showing posts with label resume writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resume writing. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Information That Should Be Included In Your Cover Letter


Although your cover letter should be consistent with your resume, but it must not be as elaborate and long as your resume. Ensure that you have not copy pasted your resume within the cover letter content. It is also not a summary of your resume, but it is a document that emphasizes your interest in the position and/or the company that you are addressing, besides including your points strengthening your candidature.
The cover letter that you have been attaching with the resume must give the impression that it is solely and exclusively for that company and position for which the advertisement has been given. Focus on what the company needs, not what you want. The first impression is the last one as we have been learning past many years; it becomes so true and evident when it comes to job search and impressing your prospective employer.
Your cover letter should contain the following information:
Sender Data
The cover letter must state the name, address as well as zip code of your location. You must also include your phone number, email address and, optionally, the location schedule.
Receiver Data
Make sure that the letter is personalized and that the person whom you have written to, will assess the content of the letter. Therefore, it must include the name and surname of the addressee, his title, department, along with name and address of the company where the addressee is working.
The companies always want to seek employees who are intelligent and smart enough to carry on the work allotted to them, and this becomes very clear when you first interact with them, which are through resume and cover letter, hence creating a good resume and cover letter is indispensable to leave a good impression!

Friday, August 6, 2010

Fake resumes can ruin your life

Resume is the mirror image of your performance and the career achievements you have earned till date. It is the first and the most important source, which leads you to a better job opportunity. Before applying for a job, the candidates revamp their resume and try it giving a fresher and an advanced look every time. Though, talent, qualification and experience are the main things, which play a major role in securing a job for a better career. But, resume is the first thing, which introduces the candidate to the employer; therefore it needs to be shaped in the best presentable manner. More than anything else, your resume should be genuine. A fake resume can spoil your whole career and land you no-where.

You must be thinking, why am I focussing on the credibility part of the resumes. This is because, a large number of job applicants these days, have started choosing the wrong path and are trying to grab jobs by showcasing the fake experience and even degrees. Fake is actually the word, which has become the most common thing today. Whether it’s about a college degree or a resume for a job, people these days find it very easy to fool the employers and suit themselves in the jobs required. But, as the saying goes, lies and liars cannot last for long, same is the case with these fake job seekers, they may succeed in cracking a job for themselves, but sooner or later when their fraud comes into picture, then not only their job, but their whole carer can get spoiled.

Rather than choosing the wrong and the short route for success, which is definite to lead to failure one day, I think it’s much better for you as a job seeker to opt for the longer but the safe and truthful route towards the achievement of success. So try and win a job, through your positive abilities and qualifications, instead of formulating the deceiving ways to snatch the job, which you are not capable of.