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Huh...interesting. I don't think I've ever sent anything except a URL to my resume, along with a very generic subject that might mention a specific job posting
by Diederich 9y ago
Huh...interesting. I don't think I've ever sent anything except a URL to my resume, along with a very generic subject that might mention a specific job posting...or not.
Maybe that 'forces' the receiver to read my resume?
- ci5er 9y agoI don't know your geography, industry or role - but - as a hiring manager for developer roles - generically - if I have to plow through 200 applications to find 25 candidates to screen to find 10 interviewees to fill two positions in any given month, I would not read your resume. I am not saying that your approach is a bad one, but I wouldn't be "forced" to read your resume.
- Diederich 9y agoThanks for your feedback. I am in the SF Bay area, and I do (and have been doing what is now called) "devops".
- dsr_ 9y agoThe instructions at the end of my job postings are pretty clear: use email to send resume and cover letter in PDF or text, in your cover letter describe an interesting technical problem that you solved. The cover letter is a writing sample: I want to see how well you communicate in written English with a presumably limited time budget. Lots of documentation gets written that way; it's directly relevant. Deeper than that, what people think is interesting - or technical - is a clue as to their overall technical depth. Getting the resume in .docx means that they aren't so great at details.
- gingerlime 9y agoI'd +1000 this if I could! > Getting the resume in .docx means that they aren't so great at details. :) I also discovered this to be true even when we didn't require the resume to be PDF formatted on the ad. And a fantastic point about testing your writing skills as early as the initial email (and with a limited time for each job application, but fairly high stakes). Couldn't agree more.