Should I Include a Cover Letter With an Online Application? | JobSearchTV.com

I'm Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, a coach who helps people professionally in
a number of ways-- job search, hiring more effectively, managing and leading, a lot
of different ways that I help should I include a cover letter with an online
application?" Yes, the reason is it's an opportunity to sell
yourself now I want to be clear the cover letter should be page one of your
resume. It should not be a typical cover letter where you talk about how you're a
wonderful individual it makes the case for your candidacy let me give you a
sense of what it might look like I'm uploading my resume T for the position
of such-and-such that I saw on fill in the blank let me walk you through my
background and how it fits the role.. In the flush left, you put this skill
that's required flush right how long and how recently you do that the same thing
with the work with the functionality you'd be doing for the job so for
example, in technology, program management. 15 years current. They say they want a
PMP you know five years current you list the skills sought the functionality of
the position flush left flush right how long and how recently and by making it
page one of the resume that you're uploading what you're doing is keyword
stuffing the application so the applicant tracking system is able to
figure out that you have all the experience that they're looking for
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