Emailing Your Resume ? Fatal Errors
Emailing your resume to potential employers seems to be the favored method of architectural students looking for internships and full-time employment. I say this with some confidence because I’ve received 5, and deleted 5, just last week … and let me tell you why. climbing up on soapbox I generally don’t think of myself as […]
Emailing your resume to potential employers seems to be the favored method of architectural students looking for internships and full-time employment. I say this with some confidence because I’ve received 5, and deleted 5, just last week … and let me tell you why.
climbing up on soapbox
I generally don’t think of myself as a cranky old person1 but I have had it with these emails – they are ridiculous and they all did the one thing that will virtually guarantee that they will never get a job worth having. They started off by writing:
“Dear Sir/Madam …”
Ugh. Really"!"
There are only 7 people currently in my office and you have a 71.4% that the person you just emailed will be a Sir, a 28.6% chance that it will be a Madam, and a 0% chance of it being a Sir/Madam … this is, coincidentally, the same chance you now have for getting hired here.
Here is a response I sent out to someone earlier in the year:
This above image was the response I sent to someone who had sent me their portfolio, resume, and a cover letter, and asked if I would review it for them. 9,999 t...
Emailing your resume to potential employers seems to be the favored method of architectural students looking for internships and full-time employment. I say this with some confidence because I’ve received 5, and deleted 5, just last week … and let me tell you why.
climbing up on soapbox
I generally don’t think of myself as a cranky old person1 but I have had it with these emails – they are ridiculous and they all did the one thing that will virtually guarantee that they will never get a job worth having. They started off by writing:
“Dear Sir/Madam …”
Ugh. Really"!"
There are only 7 people currently in my office and you have a 71.4% that the person you just emailed will be a Sir, a 28.6% chance that it will be a Madam, and a 0% chance of it being a Sir/Madam … this is, coincidentally, the same chance you now have for getting hired here.
Here is a response I sent out to someone earlier in the year:
This above image was the response I sent to someone who had sent me their portfolio, resume, and a cover letter, and asked if I would review it for them. 9,999 t...
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