In my work, everything is simple. Projects are done by people, I select these people. And I, as a rule, am responsible for ensuring that these people in the company are comfortable and well. An important point: any look at HR and deep into it is always the author's. There are no common approaches. There is no system - there are the most and least effective, as well as innovative ways of communication, but you must always take into account the human factor and the rules of the game accepted by the company:
you may simply not like you as a person, but you will never know about it;
you can be a young mother - and you will always be worse than an ambitious 25-year-old youth without obligations;
you are over forty, although age-based rejection is illegal;
you cause unconscious negative associations - and there is absolutely no chance;
you have red polish, or an ugly suit, or defiant manners.
Alas and alas. But at the stage of meeting in absentia, while they are reading your resume, there is a chance to make an impression more or less objective, and you need to use this chance skillfully.
I am an adherent of writing cover letters. It is with such a letter that your acquaintance with a recruiter begins. Hooked on? Click - Your resume is open. Not hooked - open, but read in two seconds. Yes, too lazy to write. Yes, “I don’t know how,” you say. Yes, it’s much easier to make one option for all vacancies. But the candidate market is a competitive environment, you have to pull yourself together and strain.
Related article: How to stand out with a cover letter and get a job.
Everything that will be said below is related both to purely business structures and to the creative industry. Of course, there are nuances. An oil company differs in principles of selection from an advertising agency, and a western player differs from a small local printing house, but it is at the stage of correspondence acquaintance through the resume and cover letter that the rules of the game are approximately the same.
The cover letter is unlikely to be read by your immediate supervisor, large boss or HR director. It will be read by a recruiter, most likely with low qualifications, so it should be:
concise;
understandable in style;
devoid of any general phrases and lyrics;
answering several crucial questions.
1. brevity
There are different opinions on how much time the recruiter spends reading your resume, but in any case this time is calculated in minutes, experienced people look through the text diagonally very quickly. Very little time is spent on a cover letter, in a matter of seconds.
Therefore, two or three paragraphs of informative text will be more than enough. No more than half a page, even if it is the employer of your dreams.
There are companies and people whom you can impress with the offer “Take me to work, you won’t regret it,” but in this case your resume and portfolio should be beaten in the air instantly, and they should call you to the meeting right after receiving the letter. Do not be overconfident. Compose an adequate short text.
2. Understanding
A recruiter is usually a person at the initial stage of a career in HR. Not always, and this does not mean at all that the first meeting with him is an unnecessary and not worthy of your attention stage, but in most cases these are people with not the highest qualifications. Your letter should be understandable both in form and in content.
Avoid formalities. No appeal to “you”, no “hey, eychar, I welcome!”, It’s completely superfluous to talk about your life from the time of school and go into lyric descriptions of your life path in complex sentences. This is a categorically repulsive form.
A cover letter is a business correspondence, not a flirt or a heart-to-heart talk. Be clear, it simplifies a lot.
3. Without water and lyrics
I will give specific examples. There is nothing worse than the phrase "I am sure that my experience and professional skills meet your requirements." When the recruiter reads such a phrase two hundredth time, he will begin a nervous tick. With such a tick, your resume is doomed to failure.
Or: “Good afternoon! I was very interested in the vacancy "Project Manager" in your company. I believe that my experience in previous companies meets the requirements, and I can benefit your company by working in this position. Please consider my resume as an applicant. ”
Recognized yourself? Op - CV in the basket.
And here is the lyrics: “... She worked a lot from an early age: in the 9th grade she spent the summer as a secretary, then she taught German and mathematics, worked as a guide, educator, barista and even a journalist in one well-known publication ...”
Or: “Let's start with the good news: I’m energetic, if I get started, then I put down obstacles and don’t even notice them, I’m an eternal dreamer and creative person, while I’m a child with childish directness and openness to the world. I have no authority and a blinkered look. I live by the principle "I can do everything." I also have a tattoo. ” And another page of text.
you may simply not like you as a person, but you will never know about it;
you can be a young mother - and you will always be worse than an ambitious 25-year-old youth without obligations;
you are over forty, although age-based rejection is illegal;
you cause unconscious negative associations - and there is absolutely no chance;
you have red polish, or an ugly suit, or defiant manners.
Alas and alas. But at the stage of meeting in absentia, while they are reading your resume, there is a chance to make an impression more or less objective, and you need to use this chance skillfully.
I am an adherent of writing cover letters. It is with such a letter that your acquaintance with a recruiter begins. Hooked on? Click - Your resume is open. Not hooked - open, but read in two seconds. Yes, too lazy to write. Yes, “I don’t know how,” you say. Yes, it’s much easier to make one option for all vacancies. But the candidate market is a competitive environment, you have to pull yourself together and strain.
Related article: How to stand out with a cover letter and get a job.
Everything that will be said below is related both to purely business structures and to the creative industry. Of course, there are nuances. An oil company differs in principles of selection from an advertising agency, and a western player differs from a small local printing house, but it is at the stage of correspondence acquaintance through the resume and cover letter that the rules of the game are approximately the same.
The cover letter is unlikely to be read by your immediate supervisor, large boss or HR director. It will be read by a recruiter, most likely with low qualifications, so it should be:
concise;
understandable in style;
devoid of any general phrases and lyrics;
answering several crucial questions.
1. brevity
There are different opinions on how much time the recruiter spends reading your resume, but in any case this time is calculated in minutes, experienced people look through the text diagonally very quickly. Very little time is spent on a cover letter, in a matter of seconds.
Therefore, two or three paragraphs of informative text will be more than enough. No more than half a page, even if it is the employer of your dreams.
There are companies and people whom you can impress with the offer “Take me to work, you won’t regret it,” but in this case your resume and portfolio should be beaten in the air instantly, and they should call you to the meeting right after receiving the letter. Do not be overconfident. Compose an adequate short text.
2. Understanding
A recruiter is usually a person at the initial stage of a career in HR. Not always, and this does not mean at all that the first meeting with him is an unnecessary and not worthy of your attention stage, but in most cases these are people with not the highest qualifications. Your letter should be understandable both in form and in content.
Avoid formalities. No appeal to “you”, no “hey, eychar, I welcome!”, It’s completely superfluous to talk about your life from the time of school and go into lyric descriptions of your life path in complex sentences. This is a categorically repulsive form.
A cover letter is a business correspondence, not a flirt or a heart-to-heart talk. Be clear, it simplifies a lot.
3. Without water and lyrics
I will give specific examples. There is nothing worse than the phrase "I am sure that my experience and professional skills meet your requirements." When the recruiter reads such a phrase two hundredth time, he will begin a nervous tick. With such a tick, your resume is doomed to failure.
Or: “Good afternoon! I was very interested in the vacancy "Project Manager" in your company. I believe that my experience in previous companies meets the requirements, and I can benefit your company by working in this position. Please consider my resume as an applicant. ”
Recognized yourself? Op - CV in the basket.
And here is the lyrics: “... She worked a lot from an early age: in the 9th grade she spent the summer as a secretary, then she taught German and mathematics, worked as a guide, educator, barista and even a journalist in one well-known publication ...”
Or: “Let's start with the good news: I’m energetic, if I get started, then I put down obstacles and don’t even notice them, I’m an eternal dreamer and creative person, while I’m a child with childish directness and openness to the world. I have no authority and a blinkered look. I live by the principle "I can do everything." I also have a tattoo. ” And another page of text.
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