Resume follow up

This quick blurb is a follow up to Mike's. First, well done. Second...you've got to admit...getting those poorly done resumes are really just great fun during a lunch break at your desk!! I mean, skip YouTube surfing and read about the guy who "doe not need supervision."

bwhahahaha...

On a serious note, b/c of the generic cover letters (and even worse, those that still have other companies in the header)...I usually quick scan the resume first then go to the cover then back to the resume if I'm impressed enough to schedule them in.

And, Mike's right...most of us don't have time to go through your drawn out explanations and over-exaggerations. If you were a P.A. then right that down. Don't go on and on about your ideas of what you thought you did. Just state the facts and go back to the cover letter to sell yourself to me.

One more thing about over-exaggerations...here's a quick example:
I had one sales guy that misrepresented himself by putting in his personal sales quota as one number. When asked during the interview, he clarified by saying that was the entire company's revenue...not what he brought in. At that point, interview was over.

Alright, back to work...
Emilia