Resume help - a very quick question!

[VBboy]

Hi guys.

When E-mailing a resume to a company, how do you "greet" the person who will be reading it, on the first line of the message? The contact name is unknown, only the E-mail address and company info is given. Can I say:

Hello
-or-
To Whom It May Concern
-or-
Dear hirer (?!)

Or something else?
Please be serious. None of that "Yo, yo, wassup!" stuff 🙂

 

[ggavinmoss]

Greetings and Salutations!

-geoff

 

[VBboy]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Greetings and Salutations!

-geoff

Are you kidding, yes/no?

 

[Smolek]

I would say "To Whom It May Concern"

 

[ggavinmoss]

Well, I'm kinda kidding.

Something like "Dear <company x> Human Resources Department," would work. "To Whom It May Concern:" sounds pretty dry and bleh.

-geoff

 

[civad]

"Dear Recruiter"

Its a pretty generic term, but then it can mean anybody: Male/Female; CEO/ Manager; even the front desk secretary.

Trust me, it works!

However, if the name/title of the contact person is mentioned in the job posting, Always address as :

Dear Mr. XXX/ Ms. XXX.

A caveat: if the job posting says:
Contact: J. Smith, HR manager.....

How do we know if the person is a male or female? In this case, revert to the "Dear Recruiter" stragety.

HTH!

GL@

--Civ

 

[davee]

a simple " hi there" should suffice😉

 

[VBboy]

Dear Recruiter -

Doesn't that work better for a third-party recruiting company?

 

[edro]

Call the company and ask who the person is in charge of new hires. Then, put their name.

That way it looks specific, and you took the time out to check out their name.

 

[bootymac]

SUP DAWG?!?!?!?!? HOW MY NUMBER ONE HOMMIE G DOING!? HOOK A BROTHA UP WITH SOME BLING BLING!

 

[Gooberlx2]

My sister does this stuff for a living and still recommends "To Whom it may concern". All of my letters of recommendation also say that.

Also, you mean to put this on your cover letter right and not your resume?

 

[civad]

Call the company and ask who the person is in charge of new hires. Then, put their name.

Doesn't that work better for a third-party recruiting company?

Sample job posting on one of the n job-sites on the Internet:

Established international construction company in xxxx offers excellent opportunity for a person with a minimum of 4 years experience in construction. The ideal candidate will have </begin blah>........</end blah>

Send resume to abc@xyz.com

--->Job looks good, and looks like I might be interested, but... who do I call? How do I find out about the company?

Edit: Not that I want to impose that "Dear Recruiter" is the best way...just that it worked for me.

 

[StattlichPassat]

You guys are too much... I don't know the correct way of saying it these days, but I would just say "Greetings,"

 

[davee]

Originally posted by: StattlichPassat
You guys are too much... I don't know the correct way of saying it these days, but I would just say "Greetings,"

christmas is over though😉

 

[VBboy]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
My sister does this stuff for a living and still recommends "To Whom it may concern". All of my letters of recommendation also say that.

Also, you mean to put this on your cover letter right and not your resume?

No, in my E-mail. But I guess on the cover letter too. Definitely not on the resume. Especially not in the "References" section 🙂

 

[nater]

a simple WASABI! should get the job done

 

[Supermercado]

Originally posted by: edro13
Call the company and ask who the person is in charge of new hires. Then, put their name.

That way it looks specific, and you took the time out to check out their name.

He's got the right idea. This is what my technical writing teacher last semester told us to do.

 

[davee]

Originally posted by: SuperCommando

Originally posted by: edro13
Call the company and ask who the person is in charge of new hires. Then, put their name.

That way it looks specific, and you took the time out to check out their name.

He's got the right idea. This is what my technical writing teacher last semester told us to do.

they may think its pushy tryin to jump the queue

 

[ajayjuneja]

Originally posted by: davee

Originally posted by: SuperCommando

Originally posted by: edro13
Call the company and ask who the person is in charge of new hires. Then, put their name.

That way it looks specific, and you took the time out to check out their name.

He's got the right idea. This is what my technical writing teacher last semester told us to do.

they may think its pushy tryin to jump the queue

and if you don't jump the queue, you will never get a job!

 

[optoman]

All your base belong to us,

 

[amnesiac]

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