What Not To Write In Your Resume Introduction

Grammar and typos be damned! Where is the line between “bad grammar” and “bad english” ? If english speaking is a requirement for the post, I’d rather have someone who can AT LEAST string a coherent sentence together, even if it is badly spelled!

The “covering letter” was close to Gibbersih, IMHO.

Klaus,

First of all I don’t believe anyone should mass-email resumes. Even if anyone does that then at least he should either send theme separately or BCC them.
> BCC to which mail addresses?
Email addresses of the recruiters.
BCC’s ensure one recruiter cannot see the other 499 recruiter’s he has simultaneously emailed to.

> I’m no native English speaker

Neither am I

Why not use BCC? BCC to which mail addresses?
Is it forbidden blind-sending the mail to one’s own account?
Please be more specific –> also a good advice for some parts of a resume.

Klaus
P.S.: If you find grammar or spelling errors in my post: forgive me, I’m no native English speaker (building up a backup here )

UsedToBeAnH1B,

What bothered me most about this cover letter was that the person behind it is highly qualified and a manager in a multi-national company.

I was just pulling your chain Yea I got your drift and agree 100%. I find it particularly funny when I read resumes for QA people and they have typos in them.

Good catch, fixed the typo. The problem in the critiqued email wasn’t simple typos but much deeper. Also the context of a blog entry is much trivial than writing a cover letter for a resume. Whenever I wrote my resumes I used to triple check my spelling and grammar.

5. When critiquing others for not using a spell/grammar checker ensure that you proof your document.

“4. Above all, don’t refer to fictitious discussions which never too place. “