Don’t Get Hired; Put These In Your Application
If you think pricey leather briefcases or the trendiest of laptop briefcases are all it takes to land that post you are angling for, you’re wrong. Sure, they help; after all, they will polish your image. But after all is said and done, hiring really boils down to two things: the cover letter and resume you turned in and how well you did in the interview.
Strangely enough, many people forget just how crucial first impressions are when one is an applicant. They do not check their resumes and applications before turning them in. As a result, these two very important documents find their way into hiring managers’ desks riddled with typos and grammatical or contextual errors. Below are some errors you would do well to avoid, unless you are deliberately dumbing yourself down because you are simply too [spin]overqualified for the job.
1. I work quickly and I am very detial-oriented.
2. My focus, motivation, and ability to deliver are unspeakable!
3. Thank you for taking the time to read my application. I trust I will be hearing from you shorty.
4. I seem to have emailed you the wrong resume. Please disregard my first email. That resume is five years old.
5. I have a bachelorette degree in Economics.
6. I can multi-task, work under impossible deadlines, and still keep my composer.
7. For two years, I was employed as a lesion officer.
8. Objective: To have my knowledge and skills challenged on a daily basis
9. I’m intelligent and ambitious. More importantly, I play very well with others.
10. Referees are available upon request.
11. You should hire me. I believe I can infect my colleagues with professionalism and dedication.
12. I am a go-getter. Often, my ruthlessness terrorizes the competition.
13. I thype at 65 words per minute.
14. I have a strong aptitude for math, impeccable memory, good management skills, and very good with math
15. P.S If you will not hire me, kindly return my papers in the enclosed envelope and mail to the address indicated.
It takes more than suits and briefcases to get the job. While leather passport cases and the like could help you score brownie points style-wise, they will not convey to the powers that be just why they should hire you and not the man who is sitting two chairs to your right. Your resume and cover letter are not just words on paper; they are the only means you have to sell the only product you have at hand – you.