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Applying Storytelling Techniques to Lift Auto-Generated Emails

Nothing impacts the success of a company more than its ability to recruit talent. Massive investments are earmarked for the cause ranging from websites to research to recruiters to salted caramel macarons for the requisite on-site sugar high.     Yet, the auto-generated email that lands in the candidate’s inbox after submitting a resume is …more

The Plight of Auto-generated Emails and How Language Can Make a Difference

Nothing impacts the success of a company more than its ability to recruit talent. Massive investments are earmarked for the cause ranging from websites to research to recruiters to salted caramel macarons for the requisite on-site sugar high.     Yet, the auto-generated email that lands in the candidate’s inbox after submitting a resume is …more

More Advice for College Grads in Landing That Elusive First Job

I played “Dear Abby” earlier this month offering guidance to college grads on how to differentiate in their resumes and cover letters. It generated a fair amount of feedback, including a comment — actually comment does it a disservice; let’s call it a “treatise” — from my friend and colleague James Strohecker, a senior marketing …more