Resume Tips.
Just a few observations/recommendations for people out there in the Universe currently submitting themselves for various employment opportunities...
- Please make sure to spell check your cover letter and resume.
- Please note: "resume" is not the same as "rsume."
- If you are applying for a job where you will be writing, please make sure you DOUBLE spell check your resume and cover letter.
- Don't send an email saying that your "resume is attached," and then forget to attach it.
- Don't send an email with the only words in the cover letter being, "This position sounds intriguing." You aren't responding to a profile on a dating site.
- If the job that's been posted says that it is "entry-level," then don't apply saying, "I have over 20 years of experience and am looking for a mid-level or higher position." Because frankly, I don't care.
- If you haven't been out of school for more than 10 years, your resume better not be more than one page long. It is ridiculous to have a two-page OR LONGER resume when you only just graduated from university in 2006. Keep it short and brief, and to one page.
- Also, it's a small city, people. I have seen two resumes come my way in the span of 48 hours where people said they are currently employed at particular companies. BUT, I happen to know people who know them, and it turns out they are no longer employed with these companies. So either people are being lazy and not updating their resumes OR they are flat-out trying to cover stuff up.
- And finally, if you know George Clooney from one of your previous Hollywood jobs, it would be helpful if you mentioned it in your cover letter. You might get an interview just based on the interviewer's fascination with him.
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