HR/Hiring Managers--Have you seen this lately?

[samston]

Originally Posted by annerk

I've got an ad running for a "professional" position, and several of the resumes and cover letters have come in written like this (pay no attention to the words but rather the punctuation):

I have been an over-achiever in all of my previous employment... I have always met or exceeded all requirements... My experience exactly meets your position... blah blah blah... blah blah blah...


The first resume/cover letter with the ... thing was weird, but then I got several more. These aren't younger people, Gen X-er's or whatever the latest group is called, but older people (40's and above) mid-level or higher in theri careers. It just seemed odd that there were so many using that punctuation "style" if it were. It's not regional, the resumes were coming from all over the country.

Bin them.

If a recruit for a top position cannot even write the Queen's English, why hire them?

[WillysB]

You should respond to thank them for submitting their resumes....

Dear App...

Thank you for submitting your resume'... I have... and will... For the next step in our process will you please... I look forward to your...

If I can be of further assistance, please...

Sincerely...

... ...
HR Department

Either they'll have learned a lesson or you'll understand their intent.

[JS1]

those resumes should be next to the bottom because the very bottom would be those with run-on sentences and no paragraphs and they just go on and on and on like they are rambling or something, you definitely dont want them

[samston]

In fairness, not all people can write well.

However, the higher one goes in a firm, the better one's communication skills should be. Both verbally and in a written form.

So, no saying "can't" instead of "cannot" in a report. No using "which" without a comma. And use "that" as a restrictive term. Oh, and use a semi-colon to link two grammatically correct sentences that have the same point and subject.