I would not hire a single salesperson without first seeing a writing sample of some sort from them.\u00a0 The information age has made writing a priority skill in communicating with prospects.<\/p>\n
This cover letter sentence makes me lose my faith in proofreading:<\/p>\n
I relocated down south due to my wifes job and the maeket for my construction managment was not very good so I ventured in to new firlds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There are different levels of errors within cover letters and resumes.\u00a0 This example would fall in the “very bad” error pile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I would not hire a single salesperson without first seeing a writing sample of some sort from them.\u00a0 The information age has made writing a priority skill in communicating with prospects. This cover letter sentence makes me lose my faith in proofreading: I relocated down south due to my wifes job and the maeket for my construction managment was not very good so I ventured in to new firlds. 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