Is your Cover Letter More Important Than Your Resume?
When you think about a job what do you think with it? A resume,
a resume posting service, may be some job search engines. Yes
you are correct. You have to create a stunning resume to get
your dream job. Always there is a difference in having
qualifications and presenting them. It is an obvious fact that
the same piece of information can give two different reactions
in the readers mind depending on the presentation. Result
oriented resume with very clear presentation of information is
vital in your job search.
But according to many very experienced authors and also
according to our own experience resume itself can not sell you
in the job market. Why? There are many reasons for this. Many
people have the same qualifications. Every vacancy posted will
get tons of resumes and most of them will have similar
qualifications. But there is one more very important fact which
will kill your opportunity. That is most of the resumes will
even not be reviewed.
Therefore it is very important to make your resume referred by
hiring people. First think why hiring people may not refer your
resume. Can't find the answer. Let us explain. When ever you
send a resume to your possible employer you attach a piece of
letter called the Cover letter. This is the first thing the
hiring person will read. Most of the times unfortunately, this
is the only thing they will read. Since most of the people do
not put much emphasis on their cover letters they waste their
opportunity to reveal their true qualifications and grab their
job.
Therefore it is very important to use a well written, well
focused and outstanding cover letter. It may be more important
than your resume since your resume will mean only little when
you have an average cover letter.
You will find articles on effective resume writing on our free
resources area http://www.resume-world.com.