Cover Letters – Don’t waste your time! I often get asked my “opinion” on cover letters and their effectiveness. I recently came across this article by Phil Rosenberg which I felt gave a very good insight to this topic. Here are some interesting statistics:
1. Most HR staff don’t forward cover letters.
2. 80% of hiring managers will read the resume first.
3. Job boards don’t keyword search cover letters – only resumes.
4. Most ATSes don’t scan cover letters
5. Customize your resume – spent the time there.
I recently came across this article which I felt gave a very good insight to this topic.
Laurus Foundation is pleased to support the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009. The purpose of the press conference shown below was to get the public to hear about the caregiver bill and at the time the senate had not come to a decision to approve the bill or not. Our friends Yuri and Aimee attended the press conference as seen below.
The bill recently passed through the senate with a unanimous vote and now the bill S 1963 has to be approved by the house of representatives. This covers caregivers of severely injured OIF/OEF veterans to provide respite care, a monthly stipend that would go directly to the family caregiver, training and support, and healthcare to the caregiver. Contact your local house of representatives member to tell them to support veterans today!
