How Do I Address My Cover Letter To A Company, And Their Hr Manager When I Only Know Their Fax Number?

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• Ad van der Rest Posted On: Jun 7th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

  The best way to address a covering letter is to the actual name of the person who needs to receive it. By Googling you may be able to find out a title or telephone number, but that’s only part of the story. If you don’t know who the person is, how can you send a faxed resume that will meet their needs. Call them up (with your Google data). Not the Head or the Manager, but talk to the HR Admin team – they are also most likely to be willing to speak to you. Then ask them for advice. Don’t ask them to do anything for you at this stage because then they may refuse or at least feel uncomfortable. But ask for their expertise – their advice. ‘What sort of roles would match my skills of x,y,x?’ ‘Who should I write to about that?’ ‘What sort of skills, behavior do you think people need to have around here?’. OK – so this is harder work. But better you make 20 really good applications that give you an 80% change of being read, than 80 faxed ‘Att: HR Manager’ applications that may have a 20% change of being read, if you’re lucky. Most HR Managers will look at a resume for less than 20 seconds (I know – I’ve done that). Good luck.

• PRIYA Posted On: Jun 7th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

  i agree..try and google the fax number…if its still not possible them make sure you include.:Att: HR Manager…

• thebabe1 Posted On: Jun 7th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

  try googling the fax number. The company name usually comes up. Then, google on from there. Works for me everytime!
  I have also used http://www.whitepages.com and done a reverse look-up.