Resume Question

KLB

KLB

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Where do you put referrals....on the cover letter or in the resume? And where do you put it on the cover letter or in the resume?:confused:

Thanks ahead of time.
 
For references I use an entirely seperate sheet from the resume sheet and the cover letter sheet. I only use a references sheet when they ask though. As far as putting it on a resume, the less stuff that is on there to clutter it up, the easier it is to read and the more likely, the important stuff gets read.
 
I'm not sure how correct this was, but I just left mine off and put "available upon request". I figured that if I put three references down on my resume, it just meant, to me at least, that these were the only three people on earth I could get to vouch for me!
 
So is Kelvin talking about referrals, or references? As in, did someone within a company recommend him for a position? Or is he just asking about references?

I think referrals as that was the original word used.
 
Don't bother with listing your references on your resume. If you get that far, you'll be asked for them.
 
John Herreshoff said:
So is Kelvin talking about referrals, or references? As in, did someone within a company recommend him for a position? Or is he just asking about references?

I think referrals as that was the original word used.
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Yes it is a referral......as in someone is recommending me for the position.;)
 
KLB said:
Yes it is a referral......as in someone is recommending me for the position.;)
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I put that info on the first line of my cover letter, a la "I am applying for a Pilot position with XX company, and was referred to you by Joe Smoe, who is a current pilot with your company."

Something to that effect...

~wheelsup
 
This is my uneducated opinion, but unless a person was willing to physically hand in your resume, I wouldn't bother listing them on it.

Chances are, if it's mailed in for a pilot job, it goes in a stack of potentially thousands of other resumes and they're simply going to either computer scan it looking for key words, or quickly skim it.

But having a respected pilot personally walk in your resume will, in my experience, get your resume considered.

I've only had luck getting a person interviewed when I personally walked in a resume, talked about my experience flying with the person and adding a cheesy line like, 'we'd better pick this guy up before the competition does'.
 
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