“Weeding out” process: Step 1: 100-90 Missing or inconsistent information Step 2: 30 seconds scan of resume- who can I throw out 90-25 Typos-Yikes! No fit/ no skills Poor organization Key insight: I will have spent very little time evaluating many candidates before I weed them out Saying the wrong things Ex: B.A. Economic[s] Key insight: The cover letter and resume must be perfect. Typos and grammatical mistakes will not be tolerated. Period.
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spell-checker Aspects common to all Anglo-Saxon CVs ( CVs are word-processed (never handwritten - it’s the same for letters) ( Their length varies: UK not limited to 1 page (but be as concise as possible because concision = valuable skill) / USA resume = 1 page but CV = as many pages as necessary ( Write your first name first, your family name second (e.g. Jean-Luc LEBRETON) ( Add +33 before your phone number ( There’s no photo (unless specifically required) ( Some CVs have a SKILLS section
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their recruitment happens internally, meaning they have job postings inside their facility and keep it there for a minimum of one week. This gives opportunity for everyone to join and enough time to send in resumes and cover letters, making it a great hospital to apply to. When reviewing resumes, the first item that Human Resources looks for is the individual’s qualifications (schooling, certain degrees). This is the minimum they look for, and if they do not meet these qualifications, they will be
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Cover Letters While your resume is a summary of your credentials, your cover letter should essentially be a sales pitch. Your aim is to demonstrate why your skills and your background make a perfect match for the position you're applying for. The cover letter is not the place to summarize your background--you have already done this in your resume. Remember, employers typically receive hundreds of resumes for each job opening. You must stand out from other job seekers in a positive way.
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What is a CV? Curriculum Vitae: an outline of a person's educational and professional history, usually prepared for job application. Another name for a CV is a résumé. A CV is the most flexible and convenient way to make applications. It conveys your personal details in the way that presents you in the best possible light. A CV is a marketing document in which you are marketing something: yourself! You need to "sell" your skills, abilities, qualifications and experience to employers. It can be
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WRITING A COVERING LETTER FOR SENDING A C.V. OR RESUME OR BIODATA Author: Prof. Pallavi Deshmukh Dear Readers! Till now you would have read many articles on How to write Resume and related material but today I am focusing on Cover Letter which as much important as your Resume is. Cover letters go hand-in-hand with resumes. While a resume presents a candidate’s general skills and qualifications, cover letters go into more detail regarding qualifications for a particular vacancy. Therefore,
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employer looks at your resume, you've got about 6-10 seconds to make a good impression. To capture the reader's attention, you need to be clear and to-the-point. Be Organized and Logical In addition to reviewing your experience, employers also use the resume to sense whether you are organized, logical, and concise. Make sure your resume is balanced, neat, visually appealing, and flows consistently. Clearly separate sections and emphasize section titles. Keep a Positive Tone Your resume should present you
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Silverman - 1:18 PM Monday June 15, 2009 In my last post I talked about how to make your résumé more likely to catch the attention of a hiring manager. As a follow up, I'd like to discuss cover letters. Here's my basic philosophy on them: don't bother. That's because the cover letters I see usually fall into one of three categories: The recap: The résumé in prose form. It's redundant, harder to read than the résumé, and provides no additional insight. The form letter: This says, essentially, "Dear
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as if it’s a bad neighborhood. The appearance of a home in my belief can say a lot about the people who live there. Someone who takes care of their home for example pressure washing, not trash in yard, paint nicely applied. Also there are some resident that don’t have the money but the residents should do as much as they can. To give an example of this a resident in my neighborhood has fixed the garage door which is tilted half way closed and it’s not very appealing. The appearance of a residents
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want a decent life like normal people. Is normal to say that those poor people are living on the streets by their own choice, but like I said before, that is ignorance. That people suffer a lot of things, even things that we never going to feel, for example the hungry . The sad of these situations is that most of these people is
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