Job Hunting
It’s Tough Sometimes
I am always amazed when I run an ad on Craig’s List looking for salespeople. I am usually bombarded with inquiries. What amazes me more than anything are the sloppy e-mails and horrible resumes I get. You would think that someone looking for work would realize the importance of the first impression made via e-mail. I see such things as blank subject lines, empty text boxes, attachments without labels, basic misspelling and poor grammar with no sense of punctuation rules. Most amazing of all are the college students and even graduates that are among the poorly worded applications.
Besides the bad imagery and poor wording, I get people applying for a clearly defined retail selling job with absolutely no relative experience. I get the feeling that they are just responding to every ad listed. I want to send them a copy of E-Mail Etiquette Made Easy, but I doubt if it would ever be read.
Diamond Diving
I have always been willing to dig through the garbage (not literally) to find the occassional diamond in the rough. Out of 50 responses recently, I found eight great prospects for three great jobs.
