● Do not write a long and boring introduction ● Do not
mention irrelevant skills and experiences ● Do not make it longer than one - page ● Do not explain what benefits you are expecting from employer ● Do not send the same cover letter to many employers
Don'ts • Do not go into unnecessary personal details • Do not
mention any irrelevant skills • Do not mention salary expectations in a cover letter • Do not mention why you left or want to leave your previous job
Mentioning irrelevant skills is not only a waste of precious space on your cover letter but it also tends to hurt your candidacy.
Not exact matches
Listing
Irrelevant Skills and Qualifications While writing a cover letter you must weigh every statement you
mention in it.
For example, if you are applying for a publishing company for the post of editor, you can always
mention your editorial
skills, your proofreading
skills, but you can not
mention any other
irrelevant skill that doesnot go with the editing job.
It is
irrelevant to
mention your culinary
skills if you are applying for a marketing position.
«Streamline your resume by removing
irrelevant skills, hobbies, previous jobs, and any
mention of «references available upon request,»» advises Executive Director of The Creative Group Diane Domeyer.
They usually try to
mention all of their
irrelevant skills in a jumbled up manner.
Any
irrelevant skill or experience doesn't need to be
mentioned.
• Its only worth
mentioning if it is relevant:
Irrelevant skills do no good to your resume, instead these make the hiring managers lose interest and move on to the next resume in the pile immediately.
You have to
mention and focus on your
skills and experience in the first half only and do not add
irrelevant information which is not true.
During the process you will often be tempted to
mention some of your accomplishments or
skills that have been highly commended in the past but are not relevant to the gas station management position — do not include
irrelevant stuff.
The key to this is to
mention only the
skills that have been demanded by the employer and leave out all
irrelevant details.
If you are
skilled in another area that is
irrelevant, you need not
mention it, even if you are extremely proud of the fact.