Cotton Paper is Worth the Money By: Joyce Lain Kennedy Careers Now

DEAR JOYCE:

I admit a commercial interest in suggesting that you discuss the difference the use of fine paper for résumés, cover letters and follow-up thank you notes can make in the mind of the interviewer between just another person and someone a company wants to hire. I enclose a press kit on behalf of my client, Southworth Company (southworth.com). -- Honora Horan.

Okay, you got me. You do mention a point now routinely overlooked since the electronic age chased out most hard copy résumés. People have forgotten the difference between copy- and cotton-fiber paper in the job search.

Readers, if you are a white-collar worker interacting face-to-face or mailing your self-marketing materials, putting your résumés on high quality cotton-fiber paper stands out and is worth the money and effort. And handwritten notes on fine business card stock are likely to engender an impression of quality in the writer.

E-mail career questions for possible use in this column to Joyce Lain Kennedy at www.askjoycelainkennedy.com, or mail her at Box 368, Cardiff, CA 92007. Sorry, the volume of mail makes personal replies impossible.

©2004 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

JOYCE LAIN KENNEDY is the nation's first syndicated careers columnist. Her work, CAREERS NOW, is distributed by Tribune Media Services and appears in more than 100 newspapers and Web sites. Email: www.sunfeatures.com

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