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The Emailed Resume Has Become The Job
Hunters Method Of Mass Broadcasting Job
Applications and Expressions of Interest
In Employment.

--An Employers Perspective On What Should And Should Not Appear In
An Email Body.

Those who send employers emailed resumes are often failing to
recognize one truth, we have all received them--hundreds of them.
Over all they are boring and 98 percent are never opened. The logical
question here is WHY?

While emailing a resume can be convenient, far too many people
have failed to make there email stand out from the crowd.

Most email services such as
Yahoo, Outlook, Windows rarely
show more of an email body
than the first few lines. A reader
has to scroll down which
creates another potential
hurdles for someone looking for
a job. Those first five lines must
completely SUCK an employers
attention in long enough to
make them want to scroll down.
You have to train your potential
employer to want to scroll down
on your email body. There's an
easy way to do this and in the
last 2 to 3 thousand resumes
I've received I haven't noticed it
done once.

...during a recess break.

Your email address is the
engine of the train and it invites
people to look at the car of the
train immediately behind the
engine which is the Subject
Line. The Subject Line is to
draw your reader to look at the
third car of your train which is
the body of your email.

If you want to have your
potential employer scrolling
down on your email start with a
picture of yourself. A picture is
always worth a thousand words.

Your picture should be of you
from the waistline up, and in a
very simple setting. In other
words, if you're applying for a job
in a Law Office, don't use a
picture of you at a freinds stag
party.

Dress for your picture in a
manner in which you would
dress for the desired position.
Let an employer get a feel as to
what you look like, and how
you'd fit in to the office
environment.

Below your picture, include a
few brief lines stating clearly as
to why you have contacted this
person and the position you are
seeking. immediately follow up
with a very critical...