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Subject:RE: The T-letter From:jewahe -at- comcast -dot- net (Jeff Hanvey) To:vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:28:11 +0000
To each his own.
I used it, with less than stellar results (in fact, no results at all). A recruiter told me that it looks and feels too much like a resume. I rewrote it from a different perspective: what three points about my professional life do I most want someone to know or remember about me? I then cover each point in a separate paragraph. It's more of a definition of my personality, and it has worked very well. I often tweak it to make it relevant to the job ad, but the basic information rarely changes.
Someone mentioned that they append a skills/tools matrix to the end of the resume. I'm considering using approach.
JWH
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From: "James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>
> >Samuel Wright replied:
> >>Shira Abel asked:
> >>
> >>...what is a T-letter?
> >
> ><http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/employmentarticles/tletter.html>
>
> A T-Letter seems to be the perfect cover letter for a recruiter. In my
> experience, most recruiters are unwilling or unable to the most basic of
> word-searches, resulting in an often-asked question: "I have your resume,
> but I don't see widget experience. When did you last use that?"
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