Comments on: Deputize Your Candidate http://www.fordyceletter.com/2009/02/09/deputize-your-candidate/ Straight Talk for the Recruiting Profession Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robin Milstead http://www.fordyceletter.com/2009/02/09/deputize-your-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-3698 Robin Milstead Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:51:18 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=1467#comment-3698 My experience in recruiting has come from both sides of the house, as a full desk agency recruiter and also in house, as a Corporate Recruiter for one of my clients, a major oil and gas company in Houston where I supported our CFO organization. With that being said, I think cover letters are outdated. Only while I was in house and bored did I sit back and take the time to read a cover letter when determining whether I was going to move forward on that candidate. If I received a candidate from a recruiter, I expected a short write up on the candidate in the body of the email and then the resume. I want to read whats important and that is in the resume. If anything, I think that cover letters, if not kept short and sweet can hurt a candidate or the recruiter if they don't know the specifics of grammar. While I was an Accounting and Finance recruiter, I have a degree in Literature, so errors in writing stood out to me. I say save the time and make sure the resume looks crisp and forget the cover letter! Robin Milstead Performance Specialist- Recruiting Administaff, Inc. 832-601-4406 robin_milstead@administaff.com My experience in recruiting has come from both sides of the house, as a full desk agency recruiter and also in house, as a Corporate Recruiter for one of my clients, a major oil and gas company in Houston where I supported our CFO organization. With that being said, I think cover letters are outdated. Only while I was in house and bored did I sit back and take the time to read a cover letter when determining whether I was going to move forward on that candidate. If I received a candidate from a recruiter, I expected a short write up on the candidate in the body of the email and then the resume. I want to read whats important and that is in the resume. If anything, I think that cover letters, if not kept short and sweet can hurt a candidate or the recruiter if they don’t know the specifics of grammar. While I was an Accounting and Finance recruiter, I have a degree in Literature, so errors in writing stood out to me.

I say save the time and make sure the resume looks crisp and forget the cover letter!

Robin Milstead
Performance Specialist- Recruiting
Administaff, Inc.
832-601-4406
robin_milstead@administaff.com

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