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Jobsearching: Resumes – Don’t Lie

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We’ve been going through cover letters and resumes for summer internships. This spring, we were pulling resumes and covers for a social media coordinator at Blaze.

Here’s a tip: Do not oversell yourself. Do not write things down on your resume that are lies or exaggerations. If you are a graduating senior in college, I do not believe you would be an account executive material without agency experience.

Just.don’t.do.it. Don’t lie.

Here’s another tip: Read instructions. When we ask for cover letters, there’s a reason. As a PR firm, the team needs to know you can write… and write well.

One more tip: Learn the differences between:

  • your and you’re
  • they’re, their, and there
  • its and it’s
  • who’s and whose

 

Job/Intern Applications: Details

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Here’s another tip when you send a cover letter and resume: Do not add fluff. Do not oversell.

On the flipside, do not jot down your past employer and job title and forget to add what exactly you did at said job.

We received a few resumes with bullet points and no explanation or detail of each job. They’re literally a job title history without job descriptions. What. the. frick? Don’t you want to show off your skills and experiences? We’re looking for something in your resume and cover letter that shows you want to be here, that you want to work with us.

#1 To Do – If a potential employer asks for a cover letter, please send one. It tells us you’ve paid attention to the job description and what we want from you. If you can’t follow instructions, how can we trust you to do your job? Take a moment to customize it and oh, you know, do some research. We want to know that you’ve taken some initiative in looking to see what we do and who we do it for.

Source: http://thedailywtf.com/Comments/The-Designers-Cover-Letter,-Temporary-Web-Siter,-and-Scaring-off-Female-Candidates.aspx

Is This Thing On? Misc Updates

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Hello! I keep looking at this blog, trying to figure out what I want to do, and what I want to write. I do have a few topics to write about…

  • My experience with the W Hotel in NYC – using social media to get heard
  • Blaze PR, where I help manage the social media program, is looking for a few good interns
  • A post about the LACOT (LA Consortium of Online Travel) and its first inaugural meet-up
  • Misc Updates

Sorry for the lack of blog posts! On a positive note, I do tweet daily… (I know, not the same.)

Misc update

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I haven’t been blogging here much. I’ve been busy working with Blaze PR in Santa Monica this Fall. Sorry for delays! Things that have been on my mind:

  • Creating a deck/presentation re: Blogging 101 for WAW and general sharing
  • Writing up a white paper on the intersection of feminism and social media (particularly w/ Twitter)
  • WAW folks – I’ll (finally) be posting my slides sometime this weekend.
  • Re-vamping this entire site and being more active here