Any cover letter or resume advice from recruiters?

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Not surprising Helpful for us to hear honest conversation and to offer ourselves as resources. Also, we have just as much angst or things we want to vent about too!

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I advise against cover letters because they usually do more harm than good. Resumes - they almost always have typos. Avoid that. If you can bring your personality into your resume, you’ll stand out. Think of a resume like search terms - make key things jobs are looking for very easy to find on there. LinkedIn profile too - as much info as possible

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Side note - had no idea there were recruiters in here... do the threads and comments in here come as a surprise @recruiter1 ?

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Omg hi @recruiter! I have so many questions for you...

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