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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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      @WrCombs said in Resume:

      What do you put in your cover letter when turning in Resumes?

      Depends entirely on the position, some positions you wouldn't submit a cover letter at all.

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      • IRJI
        IRJ
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        My cover letter is basically the first part of my resume which I posted here

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        • ObsolesceO
          Obsolesce @WrCombs
          last edited by

          @WrCombs said in Resume:

          What do you put in your cover letter when turning in Resumes?

          I never do cover letters.

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          • IRJI
            IRJ @IRJ
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            @IRJ said in Resume:

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            Thats basically my cover letter

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
              last edited by

              If you were applying to be a CTO of a college for example, you'd submit a cover letter, but at this experience level and where we expect you to be applying too. I doubt you'd actually be looked down on for not submitting one.

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              • WrCombsW
                WrCombs
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                fair enough

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  Now if the job posting says a Cover letter is required, well in that case you'd do it.

                  But again. . . real world things to consider here. Just trying to get you out of the hellhole you're in today.

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    There are a few things on that update resume that I highlighted that needs some word smithing.

                    Not quite sure how I'd phrase those to make more sense in the scheme of your work experience.

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                    • WrCombsW
                      WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                      @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                      There are a few things on that update resume that I highlighted that needs some word smithing.

                      Not quite sure how I'd phrase those to make more sense in the scheme of your work experience.

                      we don't do "backups"

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @WrCombs
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                        @WrCombs said in Resume:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                        There are a few things on that update resume that I highlighted that needs some word smithing.

                        Not quite sure how I'd phrase those to make more sense in the scheme of your work experience.

                        we don't do "backups"

                        You don't keep a copy of any configuration files or anything at all with a tool like Veeam or Symantec Backup Exec?

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                        • WrCombsW
                          WrCombs
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                          System maintenance is good though.

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                          • WrCombsW
                            WrCombs @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                            @WrCombs said in Resume:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                            There are a few things on that update resume that I highlighted that needs some word smithing.

                            Not quite sure how I'd phrase those to make more sense in the scheme of your work experience.

                            we don't do "backups"

                            You don't keep a copy of any configuration files or anything at all with a tool like Veeam or Symantec Backup Exec?

                            foreign languages wont help you here Dustin.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                              @WrCombs said in Resume:

                              What do you put in your cover letter when turning in Resumes?

                              I would never do a cover letter. Tells the hiring manager that you are desperate and don't understand the statistics of hiring. It's too much time investment on a single submission.

                              There are jobs that require cover letters, you don't want them. You are already working at one of them.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                Generally speaking, no backups means that nothing in your business (or the clients) is actually worthwhile, is that true? Have you put consideration into how you would offer and manage backups in these scenarios?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                                  If you were applying to be a CTO of a college for example, you'd submit a cover letter, but at this experience level and where we expect you to be applying too. I doubt you'd actually be looked down on for not submitting one.

                                  Are you saying because a college CTO is one step above intern? Cover letters are for the lowest of positions, below the professional level (so college might qualify.)

                                  But by the time you hit a full help desk tech, they are not something you would do. Certainly not for a senior position of any type.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                    @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                                    Now if the job posting says a Cover letter is required, well in that case you'd do it.

                                    Then just move on to another job. You can submit to two more likely better jobs faster than you can make a cover letter for that one definitely crappy one.

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                                    • WrCombsW
                                      WrCombs @DustinB3403
                                      last edited by

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                                      Generally speaking, no backups means that nothing in your business (or the clients) is actually worthwhile, is that true? Have you put consideration into how you would offer and manage backups in these scenarios?

                                      Have I? No.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                        @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                                        Generally speaking, no backups means that nothing in your business (or the clients) is actually worthwhile, is that true? Have you put consideration into how you would offer and manage backups in these scenarios?

                                        It's definitely true that someone perceives it that way 😉

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in Resume:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                                          Now if the job posting says a Cover letter is required, well in that case you'd do it.

                                          Then just move on to another job. You can submit to two more likely better jobs faster than you can make a cover letter for that one definitely crappy one.

                                          Absolutely, "oh you want me to beg for your attention, NEXT!".

                                          But if there was something about the organization or position and you truly wanted to work there, you'd at least consider it.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                            @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Resume:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Resume:

                                            Now if the job posting says a Cover letter is required, well in that case you'd do it.

                                            Then just move on to another job. You can submit to two more likely better jobs faster than you can make a cover letter for that one definitely crappy one.

                                            Absolutely, "oh you want me to beg for your attention, NEXT!".

                                            But if there was something about the organization or position and you truly wanted to work there, you'd at least consider it.

                                            Or better... RE-consider it. If I had wanted to work there, then they tell me that they only want to hire desperate people, that tells me that the people already hired there aren't people I want as coworkers. I should re-evaluate what led me to want to work there.

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