Okay a company has given you three options for submitting your resume, mail, fax or email. What would be the preferred way of submitting your resume. Do companies have a preference?
2006-07-26 06:48:44 · 7 answers · asked by strawberriesilove 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Email. I'm an HR Rep and our resume system is uplinked with our companies website as well as recruiting websites. This way we are able to directly print out the resume and it is in our system for easy future access.
If you fax or mail the resume can become distorted.
2006-07-26 07:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you need to know that the primary role of HR in hiring is saying no to your resume. No, no, no, no.
HR has many, many jobs, and most of them are thankless. Screening resumes is very thankless. And fraught with poor execution. HR is not a department stocked with people who will later become CEO's and Presidents. They don't make money.
A job opening might generate 1000's of resumes by email. How exactly can you do a good job of finding the right candidates?
Oft times, the screening is done by poorly qualified or very unqualified employees. These folks have never been in sales, marketing, IT, finance, accounting, etc. They look for the exact (words) qualifications as stated on the job description. They are charged with dumping almost all of them from consideration.
Your best bet is develop a 3-5 paragraph cover letter explaining how exactly you are qualified. Make sure it states in 3-4 short bullets how you are qualified based on the exact requirements listed. Submit resume and cover letter.
Mail it to HR. Since everyone uses email, yours will stand out a little more.
If possible, get on the phone and find out who the hiring manager is. Mail it to that person.
If nothing happens in 7 days, revisit your cover letter for improvement, and fax it and email it. Yes do both.
For a high level job, send it directly to the CEO.
Do not trust HR to see you as a shining candidate. They can say no - but they never can say yes. They are a conduit only. Many well qualified candidates are flushed by low level screeners because the resume does not conform exactly to the job description.
2006-07-26 07:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by thoughtful_scal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can email, I would do that; however, make sure you include a cover letter with your resume highlighting some of your best qualities. I've done this and it seems to work. I got the job I am in now this way. Good luck!
2006-07-26 07:10:13 · answer #3 · answered by dufus4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I would choose email to receive resumes. Faxes are difficult to read and snail mail will take too long. Email's good because I can immediately read it and file it electronically in yes, no, or maybe folders.
2006-07-26 06:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by maggirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use email, but try to find the HR contact for that particular firm and send it directly to them. Do NOT use the contact info on the career section of their website. No one looks at the resumes that come in through that system.
If you don't know of the contact, ask someone to look for a contact email in their school's career management system. That is the best and only way to do it unless you know of someone who is affiliated at the firm.
2006-07-26 06:53:38 · answer #5 · answered by Mikey S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
email, get with the times
2006-07-26 06:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mail, and make yours stand out.
2006-07-26 06:51:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋