07-27-2007, 09:30 PM
> What's the next step? Resume spamming?
I got a job by having my resume on the desk of the chief engineer just as he finished filling out a request for the HR department to fill.
How?
I call it the resume blast.
After you've gone through all of the job postings, make a list of every company that you'd like to work for, find the addresses of both their HR departments and the head of the department you'd like to work in and mail a resume and tailored cover letter to each of them.
Repeat every few months until employed.
Some people will say that this can easily alienate a potential employer. 'Thing is, how else are you going to distinguish your resume from all the chaff that comes in from online postings and over-enthusiastic employment agencies looking to make a buck on quantity instead of quality?
I got a job by having my resume on the desk of the chief engineer just as he finished filling out a request for the HR department to fill.
How?
I call it the resume blast.
After you've gone through all of the job postings, make a list of every company that you'd like to work for, find the addresses of both their HR departments and the head of the department you'd like to work in and mail a resume and tailored cover letter to each of them.
Repeat every few months until employed.
Some people will say that this can easily alienate a potential employer. 'Thing is, how else are you going to distinguish your resume from all the chaff that comes in from online postings and over-enthusiastic employment agencies looking to make a buck on quantity instead of quality?