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Originally Posted by tvp2003
Wow, this thread is kind of depressing. Are people here mostly students looking for entry level work, or are there people that have been laid off from mid-level jobs looking for something to pay the bills?
Good luck to all -- I remember 10 years ago when I was in school and nobody would give me a job. When I moved back to Calgary 3 years ago, I was a little bitter because those jobs where everywhere (I was on a different career path so it didn't really matter). Now, it looks like things are back to the way they were before...
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Mid-level job/career. I could go get myself a low paying entry level job (dishwasher somewhere), but it would be awfully close to what I can get with EI probably. So right now I'v bought a ton of instructional books to increase my abilities and learn some more skills (ie software). It's a good time to do it.
On a separate note, I have this question which I've heard conflicting answers to. Most job ads I apply to are via e-mail and at the moment I write a different cover letter for each one and include my resume (I have 5 variants focusing on different info). When e-mailing them, I attach them as both a word (*.doc) file and also pdf. Now, my question is... what you normally do with the body of the e-mail. I've heard instead of attaching the cover letter, I should be putting it into the body of the e-mail. What I have been doing though is putting a quick one paragraph intro in the body to get them to read the cover letter. I've also heard that I should be putting both the CV and resume in the e-mail body and not even bother with attachments.
What's your preferred method?