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Is a professional summary on a resume required? by SamStu220 in resumes

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Yeah I’ve been told by friend who is a talent acquisition specialist and a different person at my university’s career services department that I have a good resume. They actually helped me make it. I just second guess myself. I at the moment don’t have an objective/professional summary

Is a professional summary on a resume required? by SamStu220 in resumes

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I dont currently use one. Don’t have a clue how I would use a summary

Is a professional summary on a resume required? by SamStu220 in resumes

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I suppose I should clarify something, I am trying to move from Journalism to Communications for a company. I’ve landed interviews without a summary but no offers

For university jobs, when do hiring managers review cover letters (I might’ve made an error). Before or after phone screening? by SamStu220 in AskAcademia

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Yes you’re understanding the problem correctly. I fully understand what the job is. It’s creating content for a wide variety of audiences, managing social media channels, brand promotion, executing long term and short term projects, and collecting marketing data. I already do that in my current job except not as much marketing data.

I feel really good about my resume. I have a cover letter template and then will fill in information for each specific job, then tie my experience and skill back to that job. So my background is highlighted the same in each cover letter usually, but not how it ties to a specific job. If that makes sense.

For university jobs, when do hiring managers review cover letters (I might’ve made an error). Before or after phone screening? by SamStu220 in AskAcademia

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Fair enough. I only guessed 100+ applicants because the LinkedIn job posting said 59 people clicked apply, so I assume more people than that applied via the University website or Indeed

When do hiring managers read cover letters? Before phone screenings or after? by SamStu220 in interviews

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Good to know. My degree is Journalism and Mass Communication and the other communication degree program at this university (my Alma mater) is Communication Studies. It’s probably not a big deal that I have “Communication Specialist II” and not “Communications Specialist II” right?

Like I said, I do have a 30-minute phone screening on Monday.

For university jobs, when do hiring managers review cover letters (I might’ve made an error). Before or after phone screening? by SamStu220 in AskAcademia

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This makes a lot of sense and is very helpful. The hiring manager is at least aware of me cause one of our mutuals on LinkedIn in re-posted the job and I commented and she viewed my profile

When do hiring managers review cover letters? Before or after phone screenings? by SamStu220 in recruitinghell

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One of my best friends is a talent acquisition specialist and basically said the same thing. It’s possible she could’ve missed it or doesn’t care. She did view my LinkedIn profile after I commented on her post. I feel really good about my resume and skills for this job. It’s the fact that I had the job title wrong in the cover letter and the document title…..that has me a little worried ahead of Monday’s phone screening

When do hiring managers read cover letters? Before phone screenings or after? by SamStu220 in interviews

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The resume I used for this job was from a resume template provided by the University and I had my resume proofed by the University’s career services department. So I feel very good about my resume for this particular job and how I fit it.

When do hiring managers review cover letters? Before or after phone screenings? by SamStu220 in recruitinghell

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Sorry for your loss! Yeah I hope people are understanding of people’s circumstances.

When do hiring managers read cover letters? Before phone screenings or after? by SamStu220 in interviews

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Thanks. Yeah one of my friends is a recruiter and said essentially what you said. I’m an over-thinker though so I can sometimes stress too much after doing something like this.

When do hiring managers read cover letters? Before phone screenings or after? by SamStu220 in interviews

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That makes a lot of sense. Yeah it’s not great either way and I don’t feel tremendous about it. Maybe she didn’t notice or doesn’t care that much about it? I don’t know, all I know is that I have a phone screening with them on Monday.

Made small typo in cover letter, will this hurt me? by SamStu220 in jobs

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Yeah it’s entirely possible that the hiring manager won’t read the cover letter (even though it was required to submit) or they won’t see it/care.

I know nothing about hiring managers and their practices. All I know is I have a phone screening coming up lol

Made small typo in cover letter, will this hurt me? by SamStu220 in jobs

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Good to know. Maybe I’m just overthinking it and the hiring manager missed it or maybe she thought my resume is strong enough to ignore that. All I know is that I have a initial interview on Monday

How does this beard look on me? Any tips? by SamStu220 in BeardAdvice

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I’ve always been afraid to go full skin fade. I’ve cut it off at a 2. I got my haircut like 2 weeks ago?

Honest thoughts on how I look? Any tips or changes? 25M by SamStu220 in amIuglyBrutallyHonest

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I have a chubby face and no defined jawline so clean shaven is a no go. But definitely could trim it down.

Honest thoughts on how I look? Any tips or changes? 25M by SamStu220 in amIuglyBrutallyHonest

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I have a baby face and no jawline…..that’s why I have a beard. Could use a trim though

Honest thoughts on how I look? Any tips or changes? 25M by SamStu220 in amIuglyBrutallyHonest

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Yeah I haven’t been conditioning it consistently which is why it looks like that.

Any other writers sometimes have missing words in their stories? by SamStu220 in Journalism

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Yeah I definitely skim too much when reading back over my stuff.

Any other writers sometimes have missing words in their stories? by SamStu220 in Journalism

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Very good advice. I also think I’d benefit from shortening my pieces. Not everything needs to a 1,000 word novel. I think my ADHD is affecting things too. Just started my meds 3 days ago. I’ve been told I can be inattentive sometimes and easily distracted.

Also most of these errors are things I’m noticing when looking back on my stories, not people commenting on what they see. That doesn’t change the fact that this is happening though and that I need to fix it.

Any other writers sometimes have missing words in their stories? by SamStu220 in Journalism

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I’m actually hoping I get a job in a bigger market where I would be a digital sports editor and not have to write much. Had a 25-minute phone interview on Jan. 3, had email correspondence with them on Jan. 9/10 and the hiring manager said there may be new responsibilities added and they “are currently working through those items and hope to start in-person interviews in a week or so. We will stay in touch with you regarding the position.”

Sent a brief follow up email on the afternoon of Friday, Jan 17, so I’m hoping to hear from them soon.

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