GEB 3213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Jargon

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Business Administration - General
• Course: GEB 3213
• Professor: Yellowlee Douglas

Document Summary

Cover letters: compare qualifications to position requirements. If you"re moving from 1 field to another. Show relationship between your skills and new position. Avoid technical terms and jargon: strategies. > if you can"t find out who that is, do something like dear head of ______ Majority of hr is female, so don"t assume & lead with dear sir. Use key words from the job description only if they apply to you. Head and foot sentences tie your experience/education directly back to the job/requirements. Put relevant attributes at the end of your opening paragraph. For every generalization, give a concrete example: idiot gauntlet. Idiot gauntlet is people in hr that are unaware of how the company works. Use keywords from job description in both resume and cover letter. Never name a cover letter or resume file with the company name or job title. > hr will use this as pretext to discard your application: cover letter = ultimate pitch document.