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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > The Resume and Interview ULTRATHREAD: they saw Amazonian attributes
 
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Spanish Inquisition
Oct 26, 2006
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This is my first time applying for a somewhat "big girl" job, so my apologies if these questions are stupid.

If I am sending my resume in via email, should I attach the cover letter as a document, or use it as the body of my email?

Also, where so I get resume and cover letter layouts? I don't have Word, unfortunately. I'm using Open Office. Thanks!

Spanish Inquisition fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jun 13, 2013

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Spanish Inquisition
Oct 26, 2006
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hitension posted:

I don't think the questions are stupid, but PLEASE drop the phrase "big girl job". The Ask a Manager blog does a better job explaining why it is bad than I ever could:

http://www.askamanager.org/2013/05/please-stop-calling-it-a-big-girl-job.html

I usually stuck the cover letter as the body of the e-mail AND attached the doc file to the e-mail. Some people are old school and like to print out your resume/cover letter so having the file is handy; however it's nice to open an e-mail and immediately read what you want to read instead of having to click another thing and wait for a file to download.

I would never (and didn't) use the phrase in my cover letter. I was just being casual and silly here. Didn't mean to scare you! Even so, that article did give me a little kick. I should stop that mentality altogether!

Thanks for responding to my questions. I was leaning towards doing both, just to cover my bases. I'm probably over-thinking things, but better safe than sorry!

Quarex posted:

I am literally stunned that someone would use a phrase like that in a cover letter. Literally stunned. I am unable to move or speak or type.

I was just kidding!!!

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