At 12:17 AM 12/15/2006, you wrote: >Jeffry, > >You are probably correct in that real employers read cover letters. But the >question is, who?
There are plenty of jobs descriptions that go out with "No Recruiters Please" tacked on. >So, the question really should be here not "what should I write in my cover >letter?" or "should I even have a cover letter?" but "what can I do to >ensure that a recruiter spends enough time evaluating my resume to see that >I am qualified for their job?" The key to that is to send your resume in >for jobs that you are a fit for, and then follow up BY TELEPHONE with the >recruiter. If you want a recruiter to read your resume, then you have to >get them interested in you, and the only way to do that in today's flood of >e-mailed and faxed resumes (not to mention thousands in their own databases) >is to TALK to them either on the phone or IN PERSON. You've got to get >their attention. I think this is fantastic advice, and can relate to a lot more than just job searching. >Line up 10 recruiters and ask them the question of this thread and you will >get 10 different answers, Surprisingly that didn't happen; and all said they only scan resumes, not cover letters. -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
