Gramer Girl here, I'm Mignon Faggurdy and you can think of me as your friendly guide to

the English language. We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff. Today I'm

talking with Lindsay McMahon of the All-Ears English Podcast, which is for people who are

trying to learn English. She had an interesting experience recently when she tried to hire

someone for her business and ended up going through a lot of resumes and cover letters

with problems. And she has some great advice on how people can improve their chances of

getting an interview by improving what they say and those all important pieces of writing

that are the first thing a potential employer sees. I hope you find it useful.

Hi Lindsay, thanks for being here with me today.

Hi Mignon, thank you for having me on the show. I'm excited to be here.

Yeah, you bet. Well, so you recently did some hiring and you said you have some advice

about language and words that people should use when they're applying for jobs for both

new college grads and probably, you know, anyone who's applying for a job, right? So

and you think things are a little different now. So what do you start by talking about?

What is different now? Absolutely. I think that the game has really changed. I mean, it

is all about the words that you use, right? That's what gets you the job, whether it's in

a cover letter or the way you reach out on LinkedIn. It's so important. But I think this

is especially important now that we are kind of moving into a hopefully soon, a post-COVID-19

world, right? A lot of businesses are maybe moving from a brick and mortar space into an online

space, right? Going 100% remote teams may be getting smaller, more nimble. So it's so important

the way that we approach the application. And again, it's all about the words that you choose.

So I do have some advice after looking over our hiring round back in October. We got a great

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