Why you shouldn’t discount applicants who use Comic Sans in all their professional emails.
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Once upon a time, as many millennials have likely heard from their parents, you went into a place of business and handed the managers your résumé, applying right then and there. While a handful of jobs might still work this way, ask anyone who’s applied for a job in the past decade or so and they’ll tell you that hiring now takes place exclusively online. Sometimes jobs require emails to would-be superiors with application materials; other times, applicants send their credentials through a web form, which feels no different than throwing your résumé into a black hole.
In the U.S., students sometimes learn to write résumés and cover letters in high school. Many college campuses have career centers that teach the same skills. But few people, especially those who graduated long before applications migrated online, have been explicitly taught how to use the internet in job searches. These applications have added an unspoken requirement that candidates possess basic knowledge about how to appear professional online, making an already-difficult-to-navigate system even more opaque.
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