RE: Question about sending one's resume to companies

[Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>]

Karen, et al

It has been quite clear to me (from Karen's message and 
others) that the primary objection from hiring managers is 
to resumes/letters/messages that show no evidence of having 
taken any interest in the company, its products and goals. 

There may be an American cultural bias here, but hiring 
managers in this country aren't going to search through a 
resume looking for what is relevant. They expect the applicant 
to _at least_ point out what should matter most. Applicants (or 
supplicants in the case of unsolicited material) who do not 
do at least that much self-marketing will lose out to 
applicants who make the effort.  

Exception: If resumes are scanned by machines looking for 
key words and phrases, resumes with the most hits may come to 
the top of the pile without the marketing twist. However, that 
marketing won't hurt when the hiring manager gets to review 
things in detail. 

Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)



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