Tips on Getting Hired

[Beth Agnew]

After all the comments noting the importance of a well-written cover 
letter over a resume, what was your experience with the cover letters 
that came with those long resumes?

Ami WRIGHT wrote:
> OK, so maybe a better title would be tips on getting me to hire you.  
>
> The original post was not in response to a previous thread, nor was it in
> response to sending a 5-page resume.  It was in response to *receiving* a
> bunch of 5-page resumes.
>
> With a 5-page resume, the best that you can hope for is that I'll ask you
> to edit it.  More likely, it will just end up in the "no" pile.
>
> Suzanne's 2-pages-of-standard-resume-with-2-pages-of-tables would fly.
>
> -Ami 
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