Sending Your Resume: Names Matter

Today I received an email:

“Dear Ms. B-V (the person did spell out the last name…):

I have been searching for a job, sending out resumes and smoke signals all over the country only to find my search in vain. I read your suggestions and advice on how to land an interview, techniques to get employers to return your call and Top 10 Secrets to Turn Networking Pain to Career Gain. Which brought me to the conclusion that I would make a good candidate for your company….”

You would? I don’t think so. Here’s why:

1. I am NOT Ms. B-V. So they addressed their email to the wrong person - even though they said they’ve read my article.

2. They attached this note (complete with several grammatical errors) and their resume, on top of the full e-zine (where the article appeared). Instead, they could have mentioned the article and name of the e-zine in the note. That way, their note and resume would have downloaded much faster - and have been more relevant.

3. Why would reading my article draw them to the conclusion that they’d be a great candidate for my company? No where in the article did I say I was hiring (I’m not - so don’t get any ideas).

4. If this person truly read my article, they would have been referred to me through someone I know (my article was about networking) AND they would have used my correct name.

It’s A-OK to try a cold-call approach. But there is a right way to do it.

Read on!

Comments

[Terrin]

The author needs some grammar polishing herself. For instance, she writes, "I am NOT Ms. B-V. So they addressed their email to the wrong person - even though they said they’ve read my article."

"Their" is plural. Accordingly, it is improper to refer to a single person by using words such as they and their. Instead, the author should have said he or she.

Another example, is the author writes, "no where." Unfortunately, the author likely meant "nowhere", which is actually one word.

One final example is that in professional writing you should never use contractions. Here the author writes, "I'm" and "it's." It should be "I am" and "it is."

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I beg to differ on the contractions. This isn't grammar class, it's a blog.

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