5 Ways to Impress Recruiters on Paper

May 11, 2009

The first person you need to win over when applying for a job isn't your prospective boss, it's the hiring manager or recruiter in charge of filling the position. Perfect your act on paper so you have the opportunity to show off those finely tuned interview skills.

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by POPSUGAR Smart Living 1

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by POPSUGAR Smart Living 1

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1 Comment

4 years 1 week

This is a great post. I agree with the points made. Two things which may seem obvious, but must be added: 1) Make sure everything you send out on paper or via email etc. to the recruiters or employers is grammatically correct with perfect punctuation, capitalization, greetings, signatures etc. You may not write 100% perfectly on a day-to-day basis now that texting, IM and email dominate our daily communication, but remember that your email, resume and/or cover letter will often be their first impression of you and must win them over enough to consider you for the next stage of consideration. 2) Always admit your weaknesses, but don't do that in your emails, resumes or cover letters. You will probably be asked about your weaknesses in your interviews, and at that point, you can effectively address them and put a positive spin on them face-to-face with your interviewer; however, you have to make it to the interview and taking up precious space on your written communications to these recruiters in the first stages of the process with admissions of your imperfections will not easily get you to the next stages. They know you are human, save it for the interview. Just get to the interview.