4 Smart Tactics For Sending Emails To Recruiters

Connecting with recruiters is one of the best strategies for scoring the interview you need to get the job you want. Yet many job seekers find reaching out intimidating because they don’t know how to email a recruiter. We’ll show you a few sample emails to help you get past fumbling around for the right words to presenting yourself in a way no recruiter could ignore.

Reasons To Write An Email To A Recruiter

Applying for jobs is easy. (Well, aside from that whole “attach your resume, and now type everything from your resume into this online form” dynamic we all love to hate.) But scoring that plum position — the one lots of strong candidates are competing for — is a challenge. A well-written letter can do a few things to highlight you as an applicant to watch.

• It shows that you’re proactive. Recruiters want to see that you’re truly interested in a position with their company and not just firing off resumes in hopes of getting a nibble.
• It demonstrates your written communication skills. The ability to put your thoughts into writing cleanly and clearly is an asset no matter what position you apply for.
• It sets you apart from the pack. Only the top two percent of candidates are considered for positions, and a well-crafted letter to a recruiter can help you stand out.

There’s another compelling reason to forge connections with recruiters: an estimated 70-80 percent of positions are not posted. If you’re sitting around waiting for a position to appear on the job boards you frequent, you could be missing important opportunities. Being proactive can pay big dividends.

How To Email A Recruiter

Recruiters want to hear from you. It’s their job to find the perfect candidates for the positions they need to fill, and they’re on the lookout for talent. But recruiters also get a lot of emails, and their time is precious. Make sure your message meets these criteria.

• It’s respectful. Remember that you’re communicating in a professional capacity. Be friendly (Hi Amy,) but not too casual (Well, hello there, Amy!).
• It clearly states your intent. What’s the purpose of your email? You need to know what you want the recruiter to do for you (consider your resume, schedule a chat, interview you) and communicate it clearly.
• It’s brief. Get to the point. You don’t have to include a lot of background information; just say what you need to say.
• It’s well-written. Edit. (Grammarly can help.) Get rid of filler words and phrases. Avoid email clichés.
• It’s accurate. Be sure you spell and format the company’s name correctly. Get the recruiter’s name right.

Here’s a tip: Is it okay to contact a recruiter on LinkedIn? Yep. 87 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn regularly, including to connect with potential candidates. Just make sure you avoid these common faux pas when you reach out.

3 Sample Emails To A Recruiter

Make your email message as customized as possible. (Whatever you do, avoid spamming recruiters with a stock copy/paste message. They’re easy to spot and even easier to ignore.) Use these sample emails for inspiration.

Connecting With A Recruiter

Subject: Any content marketing roles at XYZ?

Hi Francois,

I read the Inc. article last week about XYZ Inc.’s rapid growth since landing five million in venture capital last spring. Way to rock that funding! Do you have plans to expand your marketing department?

I’ve had great success as the brand manager for Acme Widgets for the past five years. I’m planning to move into a broader content marketing role that challenges me to grow as a brand storyteller, and XYZ has been on my radar. I’d love to chat with you for 5-10 minutes to introduce myself and learn more about the company’s culture and any upcoming roles you need to fill. Would you have time for a quick phone call on Wednesday?

All the best,

Marla Dixon

The Follow-Up Email

Subject: Lead copywriting role at Acme – Résumé attached

Hi Emily,

I applied for the lead copywriting role at Acme Widgets last week. I’m impressed by Acme’s crazy fast growth in the widget industry, and I’m excited by the opportunity to be part of a lively team.

I think I’m a great fit for this position because my ten years in the copywriting trenches have made me a whiz at turning out clean, compelling copy. In 2016, I won a Netty Award for Best Copywriting for my work on the ABC123.com website.

I’ve attached my resume so you don’t have to dig through your files to files to find my application. Would you like to schedule a time to chat about the role?

All the best,

Eric Ferguson

Referrals To Recruiters From Friends

Hi Louis,

I had lunch with Eric Ferguson yesterday and he mentioned that ABC123 was planning to hire more writers soon. I graduated from NYU with a bachelor’s degree in English in September, and I’d love to learn more about your writing team and what makes them tick. And, of course, I’d love to talk to you about open roles. Do you have a few minutes for a video chat on Wednesday at around 1 p.m.?

All the best,

Julia Engels

This article was originally published on Grammarly. It is reprinted with permission.

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Top 5 Most Corrupt Cities In America

Perhaps the biggest surprise emerging from this list is that Washington, D.C. isn’t number one. That distinction goes to Obama’s hometown of Chicago, rated as the most corrupt city in America, according to a new report conducted “ironically” by the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The report based their findings on the “most public corruptions in America by public officials,” between 1976 through 2017.

Chicago led the malfeasance pack with 1,731 public convictions, with Los Angeles a close second with 1,534 convictions, followed by the Big Apple (NYC), with 1,327, then Washington, D.C., clocking in at number 4, and Miami at number 5.

The report also noted that only “convictions” of those individuals convicted of crimes, and not those “accused” of a crime, dictated the findings within the report.

The information gathered by the University of Illinois at Chicago, came from the Department of Justice, in which 25 public figures were convicted of charges tied to corruption in 2017 in the City of Chicago, alone. With over 30 City Council members from the “windy city” linked to corruption cases since the 1970s.

The most notable, Democratic Alderman Edward M. “Ed” Burke, of the 14th Ward, who was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 1969, and represents part of the city’s Southwest Side, is now fighting federal corruption charges after a surprise FBI raid last year at his office, seizing a treasure-trove of documents, computers, and phone records, alleging his involvement in shaking-down a fast food company seeking to remodel a restaurant in his ward.

The alleged scheme involved forcing the owners of the restaurant to hire Burke’s private law firm in exchange for not putting costly delays and other excessive roadblocks in front of the remodeling effort. However, when the owners hesitated in hiring Burke’s law firm, the powerful aldermen allegedly threatened to play “hardball” with company executives.

Although the “windy city” is by far the most corrupt city within America, the report also found that the “city-of-angels” is running a close second,  boasting the same public conviction rate in 2016 and again in 2017.

Moreover when it comes to the most corrupt counties specifically, the cities and agencies in the south and central L.A. County, few can top the states, corrupt local legislators.

For example, the former mayor of South El Monte admitted taking bribes for 7-years from a contractor paid by the city for engineering and construction services.

In 2010, a Los Angeles Times investigation uncovered the city was being run by a criminal enterprise headed by Former City Manager Robert Rizzo, in which city officials and members of the City Council received huge salaries, derived from collecting illegal taxes from the public. The scam accounting practice was finally uncovered sending Rizzo to prison on 69 corruption charges, along with 5-City Council members.

In another corruption case, Councilman Robert Fierro resigned in 2012, after he pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge, related to his attempts at duping investigators from looking into the financing of his 2005 campaign.

Number three on the list of corrupt cities is New York City, run by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been proved countless times for official misconduct, and has thus far escaped being indicated. However other political cronies of the mayor haven’t been that lucky.

New York’s growing list of convicted politicians including ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos are just two of the mayor’s cronies fighting to stay out of prison.

In May 2016, Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to repay $5.3 million in illegal financial benefits and $1.75 million in additional fines. Silver’s conviction was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan in July 2017, however in May of 2018, after being retired he was found guilty on the same charges, and sentenced to 7-years in prison.

While the report focused on the 5-most corrupt cities in America, it’s worth noting that other surveys have also identified the other 5 top cities. Below is the entire list of the top “10” most corrupt cities in America…did you’re city make the list? Moreover what other cities can you name?

Top 10 Most Corrupt Cities in America:

1. Chicago
2. Los Angeles
3. Manhattan, NY
4. Washington, DC
5. Miami
6. Newark
7. Cleveland
8. Philadelphia
9. Richmond
10. Brooklyn, NY

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Should We Set Homework For The Summer Vacation?

It won’t be long until our students (and us) will enjoy a long summer vacation. Sand, sea, sleep-ins and more time with the family. Sounds great!

In the UK, schools will close around mid-late July and reopen in early September. In America the summer holiday is much longer. Take New York, for example: Schools there will have their last day on June 26th, with students returning on September 5th. 

Some teachers and parents would say that young people need this summer vacation to rest, have fun and basically enjoy being a kid. Others would say it’s too long to be away from school work entirely, and some learning should still be taking place.

I say that it all depends on the age and needs of the individual students. 

Start Planning Now!

During this article I hope to convince you that the summer vacation can be used to our advantage. Effective teachers have used the summer vacation for decades to act as a ‘buffer’ – a chance for slower students to catch up; for able, gifted and talented students to be pushed even more; and generally for getting a little more material covered so that the new academic year can start a little bit ahead. 

However, in order for me and you to effectively make use of the summer vacation (so that our students benefit), we must start planning now!

Case # 1: The Exam-Preparation Class

Let’s say that you’re taking a group of students through a two-year course (such as the IB Diploma, IGCSEs or ‘A’ – Levels). 

In an ideal scenario, those two years would be broken up as follows:

Year 1: Cover as much content as possible (at least 60% of the syllabus). Complete all coursework if the timetable permits.

Year 2: Finish off any remaining content. Allow as much time as possible for revision and past-paper practice.  

I believe that a good way to get our kids to be ahead of the game before Year 2 is to set them a significant piece of summer homework that is achievable, but not too onerous. 

I’ve found the following tasks to be effective (sometimes I combine them both together):

• Provide a booklet of notes and questions covering a topic that the students haven’t studied yet. When they get back to school after the summer, collect the booklets in. Check those booklets to make sure they are completed. Peer assess them and provide a one-week condensed summary of the topic in your lessons. Keep a record of who has and hasn’t scored well on the content, and intervene where necessary (e.g. with some after-school classes).
• Give students a test on a topic they learned over the summer. Provide notes for the students to revise from. Analyse the grades and help out any students who haven’t performed well.

When both of these techniques are combined together powerful and deep learning can take place over the summer. This can give our students a head-start in Year 2, giving them more time to do revision and past-papers. 

Case # 2: Able, Gifted And Talented Students

These are students who we really want to push and encourage.

The summer vacation is a long-time to be away from formal education, and we don’t want these students to lose momentum or interest.

I’ve found that project work is particularly useful for these types of students. I usually set work based on the following procedure:

• Find out what the student is really interested in. What does she have a passion for? (For example: hip hop dancing)
• Think of ways that you can link your subject area to the student’s area of interest (For example: A project about vector mathematics as a model for the movement of a hip hop dancer during a routine)
• Discuss the project with the student. Make sure it’s relevant and deep. Ask the student to come up with ways to process the information and present the final output. Perhaps a stop-motion animation will work well. Maybe the student prefers to do a performance. Maybe a project portfolio will work well.
• Offer some kind of significant reward and recognition for the effort. Discuss the benefits (e.g. how this project will improve subject knowledge in a particular area). Speak with senior management about any material rewards that can be given (e.g. book tokens, medals, certificates or a trophy).
• Follow through and keep our promises: We must make sure that we honour our promises to these students. If we’ve promised a medal, then we must damn well make sure that the kid gets a medal. If we’ve set the work, then we must fulfill our professional duty by giving feedback. 

Case # 3: Students Who Are Falling Behind

·        I’ve reached a stage in my career now where I just cannot allow poor performance to go unnoticed or unchallenged. It just bugs me too much.

·        For kids who haven’t been performing well, a good sit-down and chat with the students and their parents is an absolute essential before the summer, in my honest opinion.

·        Let’s say that you’ve had a biology student for one year and she just didn’t understand cells, human body systems and plant reproduction. Let’s say that this student failed all three tests for these topics.

·        If this student has not been given the opportunity to re-sit tests in these topics throughout the academic year, then it is our duty, I believe, to ensure that this material is covered over the summer. The student will have more time and, provided that the parents are aware and involved too, this should result in regular, productive revision and an increase in subject knowledge.

I’ve found the following techniques to work well for students who are falling behind:

• Analyze the assessment data for the whole academic year. Identify the area or areas in which the student is performing poorly.
• Look through all of the student’s work that you have to-hand. Is there any particular method or output that the student is really good at (e.g. website creation, drawing diagrams, making infographics, etc)?
• Meet with the student and his/her parents. Discuss a way forward over the summer that involves the student completing meaningful work on the topics of weakness through an output that appeals to the student’s preferred learning style.
• Check that the quantity of work is neither too much, nor too little
• Decide on a way to assess the work

When planned properly, our summer holidays can become times when our under-performing students really turn their lives around and gain a renewed sense of purpose and confidence. 

Conclusion

Schools not ‘out for summer’ (sorry).

The summer vacation offers a powerful way for us all to push our students forward, allow our students to cover extra material and address weaknesses for those students who are struggling. 

This all involves some planning, though. 

I don’t know about you, but when my students break up for the summer in one month’s time, I’ll be ready. I’ll have had my conversations with parents, kids and SLT and my students will know exactly what to do in the months approaching the new academic year.

We owe them that. 

Thanks Richard James Rogers (Author of The Quick Guide to Classroom Management) / RichardJamesRogers
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The ‘Care Factor’: Changing Lives One Student At A Time

They were each given a stack of small cards as they entered the classroom. Each set was unique. No two students had the same stack of cards.

The kids were intrigued.

Attached to the classroom walls were ten large diagrams of different human body systems – the digestive system, the respiratory system, the circulatory system and so on.

The kids had to stick their cards to the diagrams to effectively label the different organs.

Some cards had names, some had descriptions.

It was a lot of fun. The kids were moving, talking about the work and learning new things just by doing this activity.

Following this the students played some learning games, completed a textbook question and ended the lesson with a 'Think, Pair, Share' plenary activity. 

Some would say that this was a great lesson. But why?

The Push Protocol

Is a grade D an acceptable grade for any student?

Keep that question in mind for a minute or so.

A 2013 study by researchers at the University of California found that increased student engagement and excitement in class can, actually, lead to less effort being put into assignments and homework. In striking and surprising addition to this, increased engagement within lessons did not lead to increased results on tests and assessments. 

This study is corroborated by what I've found time and time again: that singing, dancing and keeping the kids entertained is just not enough (but we need to do it anyway, because it still serves an important purpose).

Teacher's in Western pedagogical systems have unfortunately been conditioned to believe the following:

1. That as long as the kids are engaged, well-behaved and enjoying the lesson then that's all that matters (especially for a formal observation)
2. That progress, not attainment, is the defining factor in a child's success and the benchmark against which teacher-quality should be assessed. If a 16 year-old student, for example, has achieved a grade E in Term 1, and then gets a D in Term 2, then good progress has been made.

In fact, what I've found is that active engagement strategies coupled with effective and regular feedback and coaching/mentoring are the ingredients needed to push students to achieve top grades. 

Relentless Vigilance

So for that kid who's not on the S.E.N. register and who's not operating with English as a second language: is moving from an E to a D in one term in the final year of IGCSE studies really acceptable?

We often try to quantify predicted grades with 'intelligence tests' too, such as ALIS, CAT4 and CHEM. Certainly, if a student is achieving lower than their predicted score from these tests, then that is a cause for concern. But what if a student is meeting their target: is that enough?

In my honest opinion, we can all get students to exceed their targets by genuinely showing our care for them through Relentless Vigilance. But what is that?

Imagine the kid who rushes a homework and hands in an incomplete mess, when normally he hands in good stuff. Do we let it go with just a low grade and brush it off as a 'one-off', or do we take more action?

How about the kid who consistently scores poorly on tests for no apparent reason? Do we just record the grades, spot any minimal progress the student might be making and leave it at that? Do we consign ourselves to the belief that's "She's just a low achiever", and leave it there?

The answer to all of this is that student achievement should bug us so much that we simply cannot allow or accept poor achievement to take place at all.

Relentless Vigilance is when we follow everything up. The messy homework? – a one-on-one conversation and the chance to do it again is appropriate. If we allow the mess to happen once, then it'll happen again. 

The kid who consistently scores poorly on tests – set up an intervention strategy. Maybe get the student to keep a learning journal every week, so that he or she absolutely must revise for the tests. Set up a weekly meeting with him to record progress and discuss learning. Set differentiated work that matches the child's learning style (but don't spend an unreasonable amount of time on this). Find out what his or her learning style actually is. Explain the importance of regular revision. Get the student to e-mail a paragraph to you every day to describe what they've revised in their own time and at home.

Professional Intelligence And The Care Factor

I've written about professional intelligence before but I believe its power requires a second mention.

I'll illustrate its use with a true story.

Just the other week one of my students came to see me to show me a video of her dancing in a local dance competition. She described the people there, how long she had trained and the upcoming competitions and her future goals. I asked her questions about the whole thing. I was genuinely interested.

Now you might be thinking "Okay, so what the hell does that have to do with her attainment in Chemistry". Answer: everything!

1. Why did she come to show me the video? – She saw me as an approachable teacher. She likes me. She wanted a sense of validation through praise from someone she respected (whether consciously or unconsciously). She wanted to share a life experience, and her goals for the future.
2. How does this help with her attainment? – I have written her achievement in my Professional Intelligence Journal  – a catalogue of all of the professional things I learn about my students. In a few weeks time I'll ask her about her dancing, using vocabulary that is specific to her context. I may even be able to use her interest in dancing in a future science lesson (e.g. by delivering a lesson on forces and motion acting on a break-dancer).

What does this all boil-down to in the end?:

Students Perform Well In Subjects In Which They Like The Teacher, And In Which The Teacher Genuinely Likes Them And Enjoys Teaching Them. Students Respect A Teacher Who Follows Things Up, Provides Regular Feedback And Is Genuinely And Profoundly Concerned About Their Future Welfare And Success. 

Stories Personal To Me

Two tales that illustrate the above emboldened proverb (okay, that's a generous self-appraisal ;-D ):

My Mathematics Teacher In High School – Strict as hell and scared the living daylights out of anyone who dared to disrespect him. Excellent teacher. Gave clear and concise lessons each time, marked work quickly and spoke with you face-to-face if there was an issue. Most of his students got A's and A*s.

Me At 22 Years Old – I was at a high school reunion and I boyishly wanted to tell my old teachers about my success in getting my degree and being accepted onto a PGCE course. Even in my early adulthood I was seeking validation from people who I knew would care, would listen, who I respected and, at least in my imagination, would be proud of me. 

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Why Is 9/10 Added To Gas Prices?

Fractions abound in U.S. gas prices, thanks to a 1932 tax that never expired. MCCAIG/E+/Getty Images

In a country where people vigorously debate the merits of keeping the penny around, it seems odd to pull up to a gas station and see a fraction of a cent included in the price.

The practice of tacking 9/10 of a cent on the end of a gas price goes back to when gas cost only pennies per gallon and was a tax imposed by state and federal governments. Gas stations added the fraction of a cent on the end of the price instead of rounding up the price. Back then, a full penny would have been a budget-buster for customers. The federal tax was implemented in 1932 as part of the Revenue Act of 1932 and was supposed to expire in 1934 — except it never did.

Marketplace wrote the tax was intended to help prop up budgets for roads and infrastructure during the Great Depression. Gizmodo reported the tax was supposed to reduce overall budget deficits. In any case, instead of killing off the tax, Congress raised the fraction a little more. By then, it was clear that consumers weren't really deterred by it.

That 9/10 remains decades later, even though gas taxes are well over a penny. As of January 2017, federal, state and local taxes accounted for 19.5 percent of the price of a gallon of gas, according to Investopedia. On average:

• Federal tax is about 18.4 cents.
• State tax is about 27.3 cents.
• Local tax is about 4.3 cents.

Still fractions of a cent, but the 9/10 figure to account for it is long outdated.

Today, U.S. gas prices tend to fluctuate between two and three bucks a gallon. Consumers have tons of options for buying gas and innovative technology options to help them find the cheapest prices, via smartphone or built right into the car's infotainment system. Rounding up that fraction to a full extra penny would barely matter to most drivers. So why is it still there?

Look at it this way. If you're shopping for other products, like groceries or clothes, you probably tend to disregard the cents after the dollar price. Even if the price ends in .99, most consumers mentally round down instead of up. The practice of ending prices with ".99" dates back to the 1860s, according to Gizmodo.

Gas prices benefit from the same phenomenon, except on an even smaller scale, fractions of a penny instead of fractions of a dollar. Most consumers disregard the 9/10 completely, as it only adds 13 cents to the cost of filling up a 15-gallon tank.

So how much of a difference does that extra 9/10 of a cent make across the industry as a whole? Marketplace reports those extra penny fragments add up to half a billion dollars per year.

Now That's Interesting :- An intersection may have several gas stations, but not all of them are competitors. Typically, station owners say, they're concerned only with other stations on the same side of the road. Many consumers will drive longer to find a cheaper station on the same side of the street, but generally won't cut across heavy traffic just to save a few cents a gallon, particularly if there's a median.

Thanks to Cherise Threewitt / HowStuffWorks / 12 February 2019
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/why-is-9-10-added-to-gas-prices.htm

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