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Dear Cindy – Excellent Cover Letter, Wrong Employer

 

Dear Cindy:

I accidentally sent my résumé with the cover letter addressed to another employer. How serious is this?

Sincerely,

Sabotaged Self?

Dear SS:

Put yourself in the recruiter's position: a résumé comes in to the email box of Jane Doe at Hospital X, but the letter is addressed to John Smith at Hospital Y.

What might Jane do?

• Delete the email as spam.
• Delete the email as something not intended for her – especially if the email has one of the privacy disclaimer lines that reads something like: "This email, together with any attachments, is for the exclusive and confidential use of the addressee …." – which Jane isn't.
• Question the seriousness of your interest in her hospital.
• Think, "Hmmm … SS can't even get the name of our hospital right. Wonder what SS would do with medication orders?"

So it's quite serious.

P.S. Check out our article Write an Effective Cover Letter, and be more careful next time.

 

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