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Everyone's face lights up when they see one of those little envelopes that are peculiar to "thank you" note cards - those tiny little 4 x 4 white envelopes with barely enough room to write a name and address on the front and a return address on the back.
Fold your resume and cover letter together carefully until they fit inside and then mail.
Don't use labels, address each one by handUse this technique around any holiday - Christmas, New Year's, Fourth of July, etc. Use a small size tasteful stamp. If you feel you can afford it, use a stamp with your picture on it. In Canada you can put any picture you wish on a stamp. Details of their Picture Postage program can be found here: http://www.canadapost.ca To really get noticed, use a stamp with their logo on it and send them the rest.Compliments of David E Perry and Kevin Donlin. For more creative job search tactics, go to the Guerrilla Marketing for job hunters blog and download the free audio CD.
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Comments A trojanhorse strategy for job hunters.Everyone's face lights up when they see one of those little envelopes that are peculiar to "thank you" note cards - those tiny little 4 x 4 white envelopes with barely enough room to write a name and address on the front and a return address on the back.
Fold your resume and cover letter together carefully until they fit inside and then mail.
Don't use labels, address each one by handUse this technique around any holiday - Christmas, New Year's, Fourth of July, etc. Use a small size tasteful stamp. If you feel you can afford it, use a stamp with your picture on it. In Canada you can put any picture you wish on a stamp. Details of their Picture Postage program can be found here: http://www.canadapost.ca To really get noticed, use a stamp with their logo on it and send them the rest.Compliments of David E Perry and Kevin Donlin. For more creative job search tactics, go to the Guerrilla Marketing for job hunters blog and download the free audio CD.
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