How to write a good cover letter for a clerkship

How to write a self-recommendation? In the huge tide of self-recommendation, your own resume is like a boat floating in the sea. Under such circumstances, "Why is no one looking at my resume?" is almost the same as "to be or not to be". Worrying questions. What kind of resume can be favored by HR?

What is the appropriate length for a resume?

Career consultants believe that resumes are generally one to two pages, and should not exceed three pages at most, because HR must screen out suitable candidates from the mountain of resumes and arrange interviews. It is difficult for HR to get a resume with several pages of eloquent resumes. Understand the job seeker’s strengths and “selling points” within a limited time, but it is easy to be eliminated. In addition, many companies believe that only employees who can express themselves concisely can help the company run at a high speed.

How to present yourself on your resume?

“When facing a hundred companies applying for jobs, you must prepare a hundred different resumes.” Different companies have different employment requirements, so job seekers are required to use appropriate resumes to reflect your Just the person it was looking for. Regarding the content of the resume, we provide suggestions from the following three aspects:

a. Summary of the resume

Objectively emphasize the parts of your experience that are consistent with the position you are applying for, and make it concise/succinct/true. , the key is to emphasize the “resultable” results from professional experience/professional qualifications.

b. Responsibility description

The focus of the experience part should be to emphasize the specific job responsibilities and completion status. The content should be reflected in the work requirements of the other party, and even reflect that one has greater potential. Ability suitable for this job.

c. Learning experience

It is not necessary to have a high degree of education to sit back and relax. The "educational background" column in your resume should summarize the relevant learning content. It is best to improve the majors that are not suitable, such as taking a minor in related courses as soon as possible, so that it can at least be reflected.

How to show off your selling points?

When writing a resume, you should highlight your work, practical experience and learning experience in related fields for different industries. For example, IT should highlight software and hardware application and development capabilities in work experience; sales should highlight sales performance in work experience; marketing and consulting industries should highlight some successful consulting projects; the real estate industry should highlight some real estate development experience and focus on describing their participation real estate development projects; the advertising industry should highlight advertising planning cases with certain influence. How to show off your selling points is very relevant to career direction and positioning. Large and complex descriptions of job content and job responsibilities are meaningless, and it is impossible to highlight your experience and selling points in one page. In addition, when writing a resume, you must have the concept of "main line" - what industry is it suitable for? What position? What responsibilities does this position require of you? What needs to be accomplished daily, weekly, and monthly? …Explain the experience, skills, and knowledge accumulated in past work around job responsibilities and work content, and use this to explain: You are the person they are looking for, and you are fully qualified for this job. No one else except you Better suited for this job.

Ms. Yu Yin, a Lefu consultant, once positioned herself for a job seeker. She hoped to engage in customer execution work in a 4A advertising company. Her main job responsibilities were to be responsible for customer liaison and customer coordination, and to play a role in the company and customers. The role of media and bridge. Previously, the job seeker's resume was filled out completely in chronological order, and all relevant and irrelevant content was listed on it, including membership of the party constitution study group, voluntary blood donation, scholarships, etc., which took up a considerable amount of space. Generally speaking, foreign companies are not very interested in their employees' faith and spare time life. What they value more is which internship experience can help her win the position. Moreover, the employee turnover rate in the advertising industry is extremely high, and employee training is lacking. Therefore, they are looking for a journeyman who has mastered basic skills and principles. They hope that you have experience, strong comprehension, and a strong desire to learn actively - these are the "selling points" that your resume should highlight.

Therefore, in order to highlight your "selling points" in your resume, you must write it on the basis of seeking truth from facts, and use the 5W1H (i.e. Who, What, Why, Where, When and How) writing method to analyze your past work experience, work content, and job responsibilities.

Ms. Yu also has a job applicant who works in administrative management in a state-owned listed company. In 8 years of work, her work experience has covered three aspects: ① Human resources management. Including recruiting, selecting, and hiring new employees according to the requirements of the headquarters, arranging training for new employees, archiving of personnel information, contract storage, updating, and sorting, establishment of labor relations, participating in labor arbitration on behalf of the company, etc.; ② Market work. Including organizing the annual shareholders' meeting, board of directors, production of promotional brochures, guest reception, maintaining good relations with the media, reporting the company's annual performance, etc.; ③ Administrative management work. Responsible for group general affairs/material management (including management of items and equipment, vehicle dispatch, internal office affairs arrangements, etc.). According to her own development requirements, she only needs to position her career development focus on human resources management. In this way, her resume only needs to highlight experience in human resources management, without stating experience in marketing and administrative management.

When encountering a "career gap"

Ke Rui believes that the best way to deal with the career gap is to use "while studying" or "undergoing some professional training or part-time work" To fill in the gaps, this answer will not give people the impression of being idle and doing nothing.

Le Fu feels that if the "career gap period" is not very long, up to one month, there is no need to care about it; if the "career gap period" is very long (more than 6 months), then job seekers can List further studies or part-time jobs during this period. If the information is not relevant to the position you are applying for, simply inform it. Never provide false information! You may very well get an interview based on false information, but in front of an experienced interviewer you will only show your true colors.

How do I write that I want to change careers?

When job seekers want to change careers, they must pay attention to the relevance of work experience in the original industry and the new industry. Highlight your interest and development potential in the new industry in your resume, allowing future employers to believe that although your original work experience came from a different industry, the training you got from it, certain industry relevance, your interests and Your potential can fully qualify you for your new job. For job seekers who have changed careers, interviewers are most concerned about their reasons for changing careers and whether they are qualified for the job. When making a resume, job seekers of this type should screen and combine their past work content based on the job responsibilities of the position they are applying for, highlighting the relationship between previous work and the position they are applying for. During work contacts, the job seekers should review the work process of the position. Have a clear understanding and carry out relevant professional training and further education. Applicants need to show the interviewer that they are confident that they can do the job.

How do fresh graduates write a resume?

When writing a resume, fresh graduates should emphasize some of the club activities and scientific research projects they participated in at school, and the social practice they conducted outside school. Good selling points include excellent academic performance, special awards received, successfully organized large-scale club activities, completed scientific research projects and some of your own special talents. Everyone starts from scratch and slowly accumulates experience. Fresh graduates face problems that all working people have experienced. To make a deep impression, the resume of a recent graduate should have four aspects: academics (achievements, scholarships), skills (advanced interpretation certificate), on-campus activities (organizing large-scale club activities), and internship experience (such as Intern experience in a large company) . Although fresh graduates have no work experience, they are highly malleable, good at learning, and innovative, which is what some multinational companies value.

Should you state your salary requirements?

If you write it, the "advantage" is that the company will clarify your needs in terms of salary. If it feels that you are not suitable, it can save costs for both parties; the "disadvantage" is that you may lose a valuable opportunity. , because salary is not the only criterion for measuring a position, although it is a very important criterion.

Unless the salary level of the position you are applying for is not very different within the industry or the other company requires clear disclosure, it is best to leave the salary issue in the interview and play it by ear. Because the quotation on your resume is too high, the interviewer can "out" you due to cost issues; while the quotation is too low, it is easy for the interviewer to doubt whether you are qualified for the job? Or are you joining with a low salary for other purposes?

Is everything going to be fine once the resume is sent out?

If the employer has not stated that it refuses calls and visits, you can call to inquire about the status of resume reception and follow-up interview arrangements to show your concern and interest in the company. One week after the resume is sent out, job seekers can contact the recruiting company by phone or email and ask the relevant personnel: Have you received the resume? Do you want to schedule an interview? When and where is the interview? …This lets the other person feel that you care about the position. What needs to be pointed out in particular is that some job seekers often submit their resumes in a "sow a lot but reap a small amount" approach, so that when the other party calls for an interview, they can't even remember what industry they are engaged in or what position they are applying for. This is a big no-no when applying for jobs.

Is a “cover letter” redundant?

HR will take the time to read your cover letter. The cover letter is in a position of emphasis and complement. When writing a cover letter, be careful not to be too long, highlight some outstanding abilities related to the requirements of the applicant, and reflect your own writing skills.

Lefu has some minor objections, believing that HR’s time is very limited because he/she has to screen out qualified candidates from a large number of application letters, so pre-screening is usually done based on resumes. Only after 2-3 rounds of screening, the interviewer will read the remaining resumes in detail and learn some details about the job seeker from the "cover letter". Therefore, the "cover letter" can be regarded as "filling in the gaps" of the resume. When writing a good cover letter, you should pay attention to the following points: ① The cover letter must be short and concise. The success rate of a cover letter longer than one page is very low; ② Provide some unique reasons to explain the rationale of the application; ③ Try to use industry terms in the cover letter; ④ Highlight what contribution you will make to the company; ⑤ Don't try to show your humor in your cover letter. The interviewer is focused on whether you have business communication skills.