Comments on: 3 Reasons Your Resume is Getting Passed Over When You Apply Online http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/ Green Jobs Advice from Bright Green Talent Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Muskie http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Muskie Tue, 26 May 2009 23:33:00 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-170 Lets just say I've written a lot of cover letters. I know what it is like to write them and wonder why... Truth is lots of things happen, jobs get filled internally or not at all. However sticking to the 3, for #3 my resume is always called resume.doc, I've seen online somewhere where it was advicsed not to this, as some clueless person may overwrite your file with another resume.doc. I guess this is a risk, but with all the online systems most of the time I have to cut n' paste my resume into some system. The solution to the resume.doc problem is to call your file andrewMcKayResume.doc or some such like that. I'm employed now, but I guess I could have lost out due to resume.doc... Lets just say I’ve written a lot of cover letters. I know what it is like to write them and wonder why… Truth is lots of things happen, jobs get filled internally or not at all.

However sticking to the 3, for #3 my resume is always called resume.doc, I’ve seen online somewhere where it was advicsed not to this, as some clueless person may overwrite your file with another resume.doc. I guess this is a risk, but with all the online systems most of the time I have to cut n’ paste my resume into some system.

The solution to the resume.doc problem is to call your file andrewMcKayResume.doc or some such like that. I’m employed now, but I guess I could have lost out due to resume.doc…

]]> By: nellis http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-169 nellis Tue, 26 May 2009 16:44:10 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-169 Check out this post for answers! http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/follow-up-thoughts-on-why-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/ Check out this post for answers! http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/follow-up-thoughts-on-why-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/

]]> By: nellis http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-168 nellis Tue, 26 May 2009 16:41:57 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-168 Thanks for all your thoughts! We've posted some responses on our latest blog post: http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/follow-up-thoughts-on-why-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/. If you have more questions, keep posting them and we'll respond. Thanks for all your thoughts! We’ve posted some responses on our latest blog post: http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/follow-up-thoughts-on-why-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/.

If you have more questions, keep posting them and we’ll respond.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Elizabeth Thu, 21 May 2009 20:40:09 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-167 What if you've been heeding these recommendations since day 1 and you still never get any job interviews? What if you’ve been heeding these recommendations since day 1 and you still never get any job interviews?

]]> By: Theresa http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Theresa Thu, 21 May 2009 14:43:17 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-166 It's so easy and quick to get a new email address. I wasn't about to give our my "squidgirl" email unless I was applying for a job in marine biology. :) Is it preferred and OK to attached the cover letter as the first page of the resume? Is it an acceptable format to convert the Word document into a PDF when asked to include an attachment? It’s so easy and quick to get a new email address. I wasn’t about to give our my “squidgirl” email unless I was applying for a job in marine biology. :)

Is it preferred and OK to attached the cover letter as the first page of the resume? Is it an acceptable format to convert the Word document into a PDF when asked to include an attachment?

]]> By: Tina Kneisley Dulong http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Tina Kneisley Dulong Thu, 21 May 2009 14:14:16 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-165 AHA! I KNEW there was a reason I wasn't even being considered for some of those jobs! I have routinely attached my coverletter, and I'm sure in many cases it could have been parsed prior to the resume.... thank you for that tidbit. AHA! I KNEW there was a reason I wasn’t even being considered for some of those jobs! I have routinely attached my coverletter, and I’m sure in many cases it could have been parsed prior to the resume…. thank you for that tidbit.

]]> By: Christian Adams http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Christian Adams Thu, 14 May 2009 03:20:04 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-162 Thanks for the tips. I have been making those mistakes. Thanks for the tips. I have been making those mistakes.

]]> By: Sam http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Sam Sat, 09 May 2009 12:45:58 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-164 Your comments are spot-on. I'm making immediate changes as per #3. Thank you Your comments are spot-on. I’m making immediate changes as per #3.

Thank you

]]> By: cmw http://www.brightgreentalent.com/blog/2009/05/06/3-reasons-your-resume-is-getting-passed-over-when-you-apply-online/comment-page-1/#comment-163 cmw Thu, 07 May 2009 23:40:27 +0000 http://brightestgreen.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-163 Very helpful post. I'm messing up on #1 and 3. I will heed your recommendations. Chad M. Wall www.ecotrashsolutions.wordpress.com Very helpful post. I’m messing up on #1 and 3. I will heed your recommendations.
Chad M. Wall
http://www.ecotrashsolutions.wordpress.com

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