The next article that really caught my eye was "Don't Let Spam Filters Snatch Your Resume." Apparently, many resumes are getting trashed because of the strict spam filters on company databases. It isn't uncommon for large corporations to have spam filters with 20,000 rules to keep out unwanted emails. Some filter services automatically delete messages that contains words such as "free," "expand," "trial," and "mortgage" or exclamation marks or colored backgrounds. Other filters automatically delete messages from unknown email addresses with attached files. One man received an automatic reply that his resume had been automatically deleted because of "obscenities." He was confused until he saw that "magna cum laude" had triggered the filter. I can see these email filters becoming a problem, especially in an age where more and more businesses are expecting emailed resumes rather than paper copies.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Resume Articles
The first article I read was "Six Tips for Writing a Cover Letter," and it had a few general tips about making your cover letter stand out. A couple of ones I thought were important were to use a few new bits of information about yourself instead of reiterating your entire resume. Sending your cover letter to a specific person in the company was another tip, and this also seems like a good idea because it shows that you took the time to research the company and its employees. One tip I wasn't so sure about was the one titled "Using your connections." This tip claims that if you know someone in the organization to mention that first thing in your cover letter and say something along the lines of "Our mutual friend/acquaintance So-in-so thought I should email you." This seems a little inappropriate to me. If you are in fact friends with someone in the company, I can see telling them to personally recommend you to whomever would be hiring you, but it seems like trying to pull strings by mentioning this in your cover letter. I don't have much experience with cover letters and maybe this is considered acceptable, but I have never heard of anyone recommending this.
The next article that really caught my eye was "Don't Let Spam Filters Snatch Your Resume." Apparently, many resumes are getting trashed because of the strict spam filters on company databases. It isn't uncommon for large corporations to have spam filters with 20,000 rules to keep out unwanted emails. Some filter services automatically delete messages that contains words such as "free," "expand," "trial," and "mortgage" or exclamation marks or colored backgrounds. Other filters automatically delete messages from unknown email addresses with attached files. One man received an automatic reply that his resume had been automatically deleted because of "obscenities." He was confused until he saw that "magna cum laude" had triggered the filter. I can see these email filters becoming a problem, especially in an age where more and more businesses are expecting emailed resumes rather than paper copies.
The next article that really caught my eye was "Don't Let Spam Filters Snatch Your Resume." Apparently, many resumes are getting trashed because of the strict spam filters on company databases. It isn't uncommon for large corporations to have spam filters with 20,000 rules to keep out unwanted emails. Some filter services automatically delete messages that contains words such as "free," "expand," "trial," and "mortgage" or exclamation marks or colored backgrounds. Other filters automatically delete messages from unknown email addresses with attached files. One man received an automatic reply that his resume had been automatically deleted because of "obscenities." He was confused until he saw that "magna cum laude" had triggered the filter. I can see these email filters becoming a problem, especially in an age where more and more businesses are expecting emailed resumes rather than paper copies.
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