Worried about too little detail on applications

Meg1979 · November 2011

I was talking to a friend who works for the state and I was telling her about my applications and how I'm not really using my resume. It's mostly just applications and occasionally they ask for resume attachment. She was warning me to make sure that my applications were more complete and to really drag out my qualifications. She said those that were too brief were not considered. I've applied for a lot of city positions and positions with universities. Now I'm freaking out that it's too little (even though it probably was okay) and I have to remind myself to breathe.

Sorry, just a vent and a worry, but I wanted to write it down somewhere!

navybaby1113 · November 2011

I work at a university and I highly recommend attaching your resume if you have the option. We are more likely to interview someone when we can look at their resume than if we have their application. The application isn't detailed enough for us.

Meg1979 · November 2011

Yeah, I went back and attached everything. I feel much better about them having it in front of them. I plan on bringing it with me to my next interview as well. Thank you for the advice. Big Smile

jay.otter · November 2011

I would strongly consider attaching a cover letter too.

laurenes · November 2011

I actually wouldn't worry too much. It will differ from office to office, but I work for the state and they didn't want our resumes - they just wanted us to fill everything out on the application. Resumes and cover letters were not accepted, and they did NOT like people to call up and check on the status of their application. I think that's the opposite for a lot of "normal" offices, but here they only wanted specific information (and most of the stuff on the application covered everything that would be on a resume anyhow).

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