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Subject:Re: Question ref resumes and cover letters From:Bob Morrisette <robert -dot- morrisette -at- EBAY -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 20 Feb 1997 09:12:34 -0800
> From Lisa -dot- White -at- CDEV -dot- COM Thu Feb 20 08:14:51 1997
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:05:05 -0600
> From: "White, Lisa" <Lisa -dot- White -at- CDEV -dot- COM>
> Subject: Question ref resumes and cover letters
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>
> I've been reading the thread on resumes and noticed that most have said to
> include a cover letter. In this day an age a lot of things are done over
> the Internet and through recruiters.
>
> Well I have a question, what if you are forwarding your resume to a
> recruiter and you sent a cover letter describing why they should find you a
> job, and they turn around and forward it to their client?
>
> This is not the cover letter you wanted the client to receive, it was meant
> strictly for the recruiter, what do you do then?
>
> lisa
> lisa -dot- white -at- cdev -dot- com
>
Find another recruiter who has some common sense.
Bob Morrisette
writer -at- sabu -dot- EBay -dot- sun -dot- com
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