All You Big Cheeses..

[SaraCooks]

I have a nit-picky question.
I'm to South Bend IN and I've decided to apply with cateres there.
I'm e-mailing my resume.
I have a decent "cover letter" e-mail put together for my first choice of caterers.
What do I put in the subject line? I'm not answering an ad.
I don't want him to delete it without reading it.
What would make you want to read it?

[BistroOwner1]

I wouldn't email them at all. Send a hard copy. With all the internet spamming, your not likely to get past spam-blockers anyway. If you have their email addresses, you must be able to get your hands on their actual addresses. I would much rathr have a copy that you typed, printed and signed in my hand when I am considering you for a position than have to spend my time printing off your resume myself. Just my 2-cents.

[SaraCooks]

I had questioned whether I should e-mail it or not. I'll print it and send it out.

[Silverfox]

An email to announce that your resumé is "in the mail" might be appropriate but I'd sure snail mail the actual resumé.

Then I'd follow up, after mailing, with an email that said it has been mailed and that you will CALL on ??/?? (about 4-5 days after mailing it) to verify that it arrived. Then CALL and check on it

[mark1]

Yes, snail mail is the way to go but I'd also address the resume to the boss/woner and register the letter, then maybe follow it up with an email the next day.

[Dragonvet]

I would respectfully disagree with the need for snail mail with a few exceptions. Depending on the position and the company, a snail mailed letter and resume MAY get you noticed better, however, if the email you are sending is to an HR department, it's not very likely that snail mail will be anymore welcomed than email, they all go in the "resume" pile. Sure it's old fashioned and shows that you might have taken some "extra" time. I was a manager for 15 years in a department of more than 40 people though and I'll tell you what, I didn't care where the resume came from, only if the person I was looking at could do the job.

I'd go ahead and email them, it's not going to hurt. If you want to take the extra time, do both, that won't hurt either!