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Two for the resume

If there are few responses to your resume, perhaps the problem is not content, but literacy.

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Since employment begins with a response to a vacancy, your resume and cover letter must be impeccable. According to most experts, it is unlikely that the candidate will be taken seriously if there are grammatical errors in his CV. And even if you think that the nature of your work has nothing to do with knowledge of the Russian language and does not require written communication, you should not spoil the first impression.

Evgenia Lanichkina, partner of the Antal Russia recruiting company: “In personal correspondence, we allow ourselves some liberties: we insert conversational phrases, omit commas or misspellings, but such things are unacceptable when composing business letters. At the same time, it is important not only to avoid grammatical errors, but also to observe the impeccable style of formal business correspondence. Sending a resume and a cover letter is the first stage of communication between the applicant and the employer. When making a personal acquaintance, it is customary to exchange business cards, because you do not allow mistakes on your business card, just like with a resume.

Do not forget about the cover letter, it demonstrates your respect for the HR specialist and his time, because in it you emphasize the main points of your relevance to the vacancy. With the help of a competent letter, you can make a good impression and beat the competition. ”

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Today there are all conditions in order to increase your level of proficiency in the native language. Starting from the banal auto-check of errors in text documents and ending with online services, where you can ask questions about spelling or see the answers in the archive. And yet, many will prefer to tighten up a foreign language or learn one more thing to do with their native language. Some believe that this is not the most important criterion for professionalism, while others do not notice their mistakes, but both, with equal chances, lose to a more competent candidate. After all, most HR professionals are sure that the level of proficiency in the mother tongue should be high, because this:

shows the general cultural level of a person;
demonstrates the seriousness of his attitude to work;
allows you to make a favorable impression on customers and partners of the company;
simplifies communication;
promotes trust building.
Therefore, when looking for a new job, special attention must be paid to this issue. Evgeniya Lanichkina advises: “If you have noticed grammatical and punctuation errors, take a closer look at the compilation of your resume and cover letter. Before applying for a vacancy, seek help from someone whose literacy level is beyond doubt. ”

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A grammatical mistake is like a coffee stain on a white shirt. Seeing once, everyone will think: “with whom it doesn’t happen”, but if a person comes to this meeting every time, the question arises: what is wrong with this person? Make sure that mistakes do not turn into spots on your business reputation, and then the most picky employers will be satisfied with you.

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