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Old 13-04-07, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Boy View Post
Both your letter and your CV are good. Jurupa's tripping.
No I am not. One of my moms friends is a person that does human resources and she had told me that if the person in HR sees a cover letter longer than 3 paragraphs they go to the next one. The HR people in big companies get tons of resumes and cover letters and so they do not have time to read a "book". And the resume goes on to 2 pages, which is a no no unless it is someone with a ton of experience and achievements, and they are applying for a big time job. But jMarkt is not. Plus his resume is way to busy. Again going back to what I was saying about the cover letter basically applies to the resume. If the resume is to busy and or to long they pass it over.

Charlie Boy take my word on this. I have talked to various people in the corporate world on this stuff and they all say the same thing. Keep the cover letter as direct and simple and to the point as possible, as well as the resume.

jMarkt - I will do some editing to your resume to show you the direction you should be taking.
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