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Topic: Submitting cover letter/resume via e-mail
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| kswrites | Posted – 4/20/2008 11:16:57 AM | show profile I'm just curious - is there any standard practice for e-mailing a cover letter (when one is formally requested by the potential employer)? Should you paste the cover letter into the body of the e-mail, or type a quick note in the body and attach the actual cover letter and resume as two seperated docs? Any thoughts/preferences? Thanks. |
| Suet | Posted – 4/20/2008 11:23:25 AM | show profile It is typical to attach your resume as a word document and to write the cover letter in the body of the email. I would make sure there's no formatting in your email (as in, don't paste formatted text from a word document into your email) because formatting stuff (like dashes, paragraph spacing etc.) might not translate to the other person's email program - then you end up writing things like"I'd like tonbsp; tell you how much I ..." |
| SPF 30 | Posted – 4/20/2008 11:54:10 AM | show profile I always past the cover letter into the body of the email and attach my resume as a PDF. I've found that many employers prefer PDFs over Word docs, and when my office is in hiring mode, we accept only PDFs. |
| foodlit | Posted – 4/20/2008 12:24:36 PM | show profile NEVER attach your cover letter...if you do it will not get read. Trust me. Write a short, sweet cover letter write in the body of your email, and attach your resume. Good luck! Pam |
| WordyBird | Posted – 4/20/2008 6:21:08 PM | show profile Wirte the cover letter in the body of the e-mail and attach the resume separately. I also like to include a simple text version of my resume after my signature, just in case the recipient's e-mail program strips out or mangles attachments. Plus, even though my resume is saved as Word 97 compatible, I have had enough problems with Vista that I just don't trust that. Also, pay attention to what the ad says, if you are responding to one. Sometimes they specifically direct you to send your materials a certain way. |
| bjoconnorfla | Posted – 4/21/2008 11:45:45 AM | show profile I paste the cover letter text into the body of the email, then attach a single Word doc. with the properly formatted cover letter, resume and clips in one package, w. page breaks. That way thaey can view the whole thing without having to open mutl. files, and slect anyting they want to print out. |
| Suet | Posted – 4/21/2008 2:07:28 PM | show profile I think wordybird's advice is great - compatibility issues abound with different versions of Word, Vista etc. You can't beat plain ol' .TXT files, ya know. : ) May I ask - why would anyone prefer a PDF over a Word document? |
