Oops

I tailor my c.v. for every application.

These days, however, the tailoring is slight. I mainly apply for project management, support management or release management roles. If the role is within the financial industry I put that fact in. If it's in Europe, I put the fact that I've worked in the Continent and had pan-European responsibility on the front page of my c.v.

I also use a near-standard covering e-mail. This highlights the pertinent facts in bullet points.

Today I saw a job to which I could apply with one of my usual set of bullet points. So I copied and pasted them into the covering email.

Perhaps I was bit too over-enthusiastic in this. I also pasted in the salutation, "Dear Kelvin" when the recipient was a Ross.