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Q&A How to refer to complex job titles in cover letters?

Do it exactly the same way the company does it. If you know what job to apply for, it's because you saw it in an ad, on their website, or in another listing. The hyphen and the slash are used d...

posted 5y ago by Cyn‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-20T00:40:34Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:29:02Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T10:29:02Z (over 4 years ago)
 **Do it exactly the same way the company does it.**

If you know what job to apply for, it's because you saw it in an ad, on their website, or in another listing.

**The hyphen and the slash are used differently.**

The hyphen means "this job is for a data scientist doing dynamic pricing."

The slash means "this job is a combination data scientist and machine learning expert."

It can be subtle and it may even be that many jobs can use either. But they have that punctuation for a reason (probably), so keep it.

**Don't shorten it.**

Don't just say "data scientist" because they'll wonder which of the many data scientist jobs you meant.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-05T20:53:00Z (over 5 years ago)
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