Michelle PerchukTrusted Career Architect for Distinguished Professionals

How to ACTUALLY use your Resume

4 Nov 2022

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Speaker (Michelle Perchuk) advises job-seekers not to over-rely on polished cover letters and resumes as standalone tools. Instead, she recommends reversing the usual sequence: have a conversation with the hiring contact first so the subsequent cover letter and resume "come alive," rather than sending them up front and hoping they do the work alone.

I feel that a lot of people get caught up in this writing. I'm going to write an amazing cover letter. They're going to hire me based on my cover letter. They rely on the resume and the COVID letter almost as a crutch. Do the work for them. One of the first things that I talk to my clients about is reversing that. Instead of sending the resume and the COVID letter and praying that it's going to do the job, have the conversation first and then send the COVID letter and the resume, because at that point it comes alive.