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Is your Cover Letter More Important Than Your Resume?

When you think about a job what do you think with it? A resume, a resume posting service, may be some job search engines. Yes you are correct. You have to create a stunning resume to get your dream job. Always there is a difference in having qualifications and presenting them. It is an obvious fact that the same piece of information can give two different reactions in the readers mind depending on the presentation. Result oriented resume with very clear presentation of information is vital in your job search.

But according to many very experienced authors and also according to our own experience resume itself can not sell you in the job market. Why? There are many reasons for this. Many people have the same qualifications. Every vacancy posted will get tons of resumes and most of them will have similar qualifications. But there is one more very important fact which will kill your opportunity. That is most of the resumes will even not be reviewed.

Therefore it is very important to make your resume referred by hiring people. First think why hiring people may not refer your resume. Can't find the answer. Let us explain. When ever you send a resume to your possible employer you attach a piece of letter called the Cover letter. This is the first thing the hiring person will read. Most of the times unfortunately, this is the only thing they will read. Since most of the people do not put much emphasis on their cover letters they waste their opportunity to reveal their true qualifications and grab their job.

Therefore it is very important to use a well written, well focused and outstanding cover letter. It may be more important than your resume since your resume will mean only little when you have an average cover letter.

You will find articles on effective resume writing on our free resources area http://www.resume-world.com.

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About the author: Aza Badurdeen

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