A Job Hunter’s Tools – A Cover Letter And A Resume
Any good job hunter needs a resume package. The cover letter and resume always go together and do the same basic thing in slightly different ways. If you, as a job hunter, are lacking one of the two, then it is safe to say that nobody will be calling you for an interview any time soon.
With that being said, it’s about time we discuss what should be in your utility belt of tools with regards to your resume. The first document is the cover letter, which aims to describe your objectives and your purpose with pith. Basically, you are wanting to give the decision maker a primer. This is the first document that all decision makers would be looking at first, after all.
The second part is the resume itself. Many job hunters make the mistake of thinking they can just leave a resume without a cover letter. That is like putting on a suit and tie, but forgetting the shirt or the pants. Perhaps you get the idea by now.
The resume itself may be in either functional or chronological format. Skills would be at the forefront of every functional format resume. As for the chronological format, this would mainly deal with listings of employment. Take note, though, that you might want to create a combo resume, seamlessly mixing the best features of both formats. Make sure that you are creating an aesthetically appealing resume with a classic, professional look – this entails utilizing the white space properly, using conservative fonts (Times New Roman is an all-time favorite, in our opinion) and accentuating those important parts of your resume with bulleting. While you will occasionally bold face or italicize a font to draw attention to a point or break up a large section of type, changing fonts often makes it hard to read, so stick with one basic font. With the size of the font, it has to be no smaller than ten point, though the ideal size would be eleven or twelve point. You want your resume to be readable. If your cover letter and resume are in a small type and hard to read, they simply will not be read, and will not help you.
One of the most frequently asked questions of job hunters is what would make a good presentation for the hiring manager. Several methods would suffice, actually. If mailing it, use a large nine by twelve white envelope to avoid folding your materials. Not only does it look better, it also helps avoid the tendency for your paperwork to get folded or creased. And wouldn’t you agree that large envelopes are far more interesting to open up than any other type of envelope? And if you don’t open them first, you open them last – so do most decision makers in business. People usually think in terms of first and last, yin and yang, alpha and omega, best and worst – but that doesn’t necessarily mean your resume package would be the worst, it simply means it would stick out from everybody else’s, hopefully in a good way, even if opened last.
In the event you would have to personally deliver your documents, what you would want to do is come armed with a clear plastic folder with pressure binder spine, as this is where your documents would be placed. You want your documents to be more than just solid or presentable, and this can definitely help your cause. If you’ve got these tools in your shed, then you just might have a job by the end of the day!
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