Please help!! I'm sending over a resume to an editor named Jaicin- male or female?

Question

Tried looking online, and it appears that Jaicin is not a common name at all. I'm desperate, as I don't want to write "Mr." if it's a "Ms." and vice versa

To comment on last response...actually, in journalism you tend to send over "packets" which include all the goodies (resume, clips, etc) to any publications that have open reporting positions. It's a bit different than other professional fields in that sense, and something a new college grad, like myself, has to go through. It's definitely a painstaking process...

Last comment-
It's not about "being professional." When looking for jobs online, it specifically asks to send it to someoe: F.E. "Send clips and resume to Jaicin Smith, P.O Box 123..." etc etc. When writing a cover letter, which is what Im doing, it's proper etiquette to include the person's name before the body of the letter, flush to the left, along with the other info. With this in mind, it is most proper to then write "Dear Mr/Mrs. Smith" as an introduction, as opposed to "whom it may concern," which is not personal enough.
Make sense?

Answer 1

I like to start my cover letters with "Dear Employer" if I don't know a name. It's what my university's website on the subject suggested, and it got me a job! It starts your letter out on an assertive note, and is much less lame than "Dear Sir or Madam," which is soooo overdone.

Answer 2

To Whom It May Concern:

Using the employers name is too personal, and shouldn't be done (even if you know the first and last name!)

You are asking for employment, not writing a "Thank You" note, or inviting him/her to a party!

Be professional!!!

Answer 3

You could call the place where you're trying to get a job and ask.

Just call and say that you're applying for a job and would like to know who to address the cover letter (or whatever it is) to. You don't have to leave your name or anything, so they won't know who you are, if you're worried about that.

Answer 4

Use their work title, and leave the Mr -Mrs thing off' I would guess a girl but I expect they have ran into that before also you might call anonymously and ask.

Answer 5

Just write dear Jaicin (last name). Or call the company operator and ask them, they should know.

Answer 6

The write neither. Write: To: Jaicin (last name). Or: To: (title here).

Answer 7

if your sending a resume to a company, especially to an editor, who you will be working for...shouldnt you know right off who they are?

anyway if worse comes to worse put, to whom it may concern, cause most likely its gonna be their secretary that looks at it first