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Coach

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Hi ladies, some of you know that I've been a stay at home mom since mid 2004. Now I am getting divorced and I have to go back to work, hopefully around the time my son starts kindergarten in August. I worked as an admin for a small 9 person financial advising/accounting firm for 3 years and before that I worked in telecom in both provisioning and account management...soooo, since my resume itself is nothing that's going to excite anyone and my experience is rather dated, I really need advice on what to put in a cover letter. I mean truly, I think the best part about it is that I didn't job hop at all except in the case of a company buyout in 2001.

Any ideas? Short of putting a draft here, I basically want to say that I want to find a position in a secure and established company in which I can prove myself and be promoted within...

Help would be so appreciated! I know there are a lot of you here who have experience with hiring and also job seeking!



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Hermes

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I would ignore the gap in employment and only address it if asked.  Being a SAHM is an understandable response.

First and foremost, think about what you bring to the table with your skill set, and leverage that.  The employer is not interested in what they can do for you, but what you can do for them to help them run their business to make more money.

Think about "spinning" your experience to better sell yourself for the type of job you want.

I'd be happy to take a look at your resume and help you tweak it, and from there help you outline a cover letter...

 



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Chanel

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I fully agree with D that it's not about you, it's about how you're going to help the hiring manager solve his or her problem.

It sounds to me like you'll be looking for something entry-level. If so, I would make sure the right keywords are obvious - telephones, databases, research, whatever your skills are. I used to get 300-400 resumes for a single job opening,* so it's safe to say each resume got less than a minute of my time. If what I was looking for wasn't obviously or potentially there upon the first scan, I'd move on to the next.

* That was before the economy tanked, so I shudder to think what it's like now.

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