Re: Meganet on Cryptogram again

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:36:38 +0200

Bob Silverman writes:

> I had originally sent my resume to a senior
> manager of research and development. I
> was told that he did not deal with such matters directly and was referred to
> someone else (presumably an H.R. flunky).

You have to target the person who would be your immediate manager. I'll
grant that this is not easy from the outside.

> Send my resume to a technical manager then get
> referred to H.R. Or, have the resume
> vanish into a black hole and never hear from the company at all. The latter was
> quite frequent.

Most résumés don't generate an offer. If you hit the right manager at
the right time you can get an offer, though. Knowing who to address and
when is difficult.

> I would always sign and send the correspondance in a hand addressed
> envelope, using expensive paper to print the resume.

It is what's printed on the paper that counts, along with the layout of
the text. Paper isn't too important, as long as it's of decent quality
and not of a weird color or texture or size.

> All too often the people at the other end did not even have the
> courtesy to reply.

They probably get lots of résumés.

> I would also follow up these letters
> with phone calls. Most of the time I could
> only get voicemail, and most of the time
> my phonecalls went unanswered.

Pretty standard. It's not a personal reflection on you.

> BTW, I turn 49 next month....

That may be a big part of the problem, depending on your profession,
where you live, and your previous experience. 

-- 
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