After years of observing a problem, it’s time to step in and help the situation.

We have a Web page called “Jobs For SPSM’s.” This is a place for employers and recruiters to post available supply chains and purchasing jobs.

Nonetheless, some of our site visitors send us resumes thinking that we will post their resume or consider them for a Next Level Purchasing Association job. That’s not what the page tells the visitor to do, but so be it.

But, beyond that, we’ve noticed a pattern of poor communication that certainly isn’t helping these resume-senders get what they want. Here are the details…

We receive many emails to the address on our Jobs For SPSM’s page where the individuals attach a resume. No subject line. No text in the body of the email. Just an attached resume.

If you’ve done this to a prospective employer, you’re wasting your time.

First, with the proliferation of spam, viruses, spyware, ad nauseum, people don’t just open unsolicited email attachments, particularly if they look like they have been mass emailed. Second, if someone isn’t professional enough to at least write a message saying which job they are applying for, why they would be a good fit, that a resume is attached, and how they can be contacted, I would think that most employers won’t be impressed enough to give one bit of consideration.

So if you want your resume to be read, put at least 10 extra seconds into the email that you attach it to.

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• Improving Your Procurement Team’s Skills Requires This Commonly Forgotten Element
• Are Your Purchasing Job Descriptions Outdated?
• How to Take Charge of Your Procurement Career
• Measuring The Impact of Procurement Training
• 5 Ways To Screw Up A Purchasing Job Interview

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