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Subject:RE: Is this hackneyed or cliche? From:"Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> To:<dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 1 Feb 2007 18:44:27 -0800
Sometimes I think that these creative ideas are best presented as a web
page, but the resume and cover letter should be traditional. Then there's
me. When I am sending many resumes and I don't really concern myself with
what kind of response I will get from certain employers, I will send
something creative to see what kind of response I get. For about a day or
two, I had one of my "creative" cover letters on Monster instead of a
resume. It was a story about a fictitional manager trying to figure out
what do when she was told that her department needed to provide
documentation. I got responses that referred to me with the fictitional
character's name eventhough my name was available. The reader didn't have a
clue that I wrote a story. I changed to a traditional resume.
Lauren
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Subject: RE: Is this hackneyed or cliche?
This thread has me thinking --
what would my resume look like in the format of a Process Overview and
Detailed Work Instructions?
If I was an employer looking for somebody to write those monsters, I'd
certainly take a look.
Of course, the standard resume format would be attached as a supporting
document.
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