Why is a RESUME also called as a SALES LETTER???

Question

A QUESTION for technical communication skills... for 5 marks please help....

Miss cardtapper thats what i want to say
A sales letter is a letter to convince the recpient to buy a product
the same way resume is abstractically called a sales letter where a candidate puts in front his/her skills n qualifications in order that the recipient ( the employer ) may hire him....so thats wht i want

all this explained properly...

Answer 1

It isn't normally; the two are very different things I suppose a resume could be considered a sales letter in a sense (although it isn't a letter at all) because it is an attempt to sell the qualifications of a person

Answer 2

In American English, we do not call a resume a sales letter.

A sales letter would be in proper letter format and would talk about a product or service in such a way as to try to get the recipient of the letter to purchase the product or service; or the letter would confirm the sale of a product or service.

A resume is not written in letter format and gives a job seeker's educational and employment history. Some people might say that you must write a good resume in order to "sell yourself" to a prospective employer. Perhaps that is why someone has told you that a resume is a sales letter.

Answer 3

o.O Wow, I never knew that!

Maybe because a resume is basically like a sales letter, lol, because you're selling yourself?

You compile a bunch of information and facts about yourself... boasting your education and working experience, plus your skills and your references that will also boast about you and your abilities...

So it's almost as if you're selling yourself for a job. lol.