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Articles on Cover Letters
How to Write a Cover Letter That Gets Results
by Kevin Brennfleck and Kay Marie Brennfleck
Whenever you send a resume, be sure that it is accompanied by a cover letter.
The cover letter provides you with an opportunity to highlight and amplify some of the information in the resume,
to address directly the needs and interests of the employer, and to suggest the areas in which your skills match
the organization's needs.
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Cover Letter Gaffes
By Kevin Donlin
Is your job search going nowhere?
Then take time to re-examine your approach. If the resumes and cover
letters you're sending out have mistakes in them -- even one or two --
you're shooting yourself in the foot. And costing yourself thousands of
dollars in lost salary as your job search drags on, and on ....
This week, we'll focus on eliminating errors in your cover letters.
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E-mailing Your Resume and Cover Letter
By Kevin Donlin
Here's the question I've been asked more often than any other since 1996: "How do I e-mail my resume and cover letter to employers?"
In response, here are three things I tell my clients and readers of this column, to ensure that you get the best results possible.
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How to Write Prospecting Cover Letters
By Kevin Donlin
Here's a question I hear regularly, especially in this economy -- "There's a company I want to work for that's not advertising any job openings. What kind of cover letter can I write and send to them?"
The good news is, you don't have to wait for a company to advertise openings before applying to them. In fact, simply identifying a target company puts you ahead of most job seekers, who only know that they want a job ... and not much else.
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Cover Letter Questions
By Kevin Donlin
Struggling to write a cover letter?
You're not alone. Based on the dozens of inquiries I get every week on this
subject, here are four common cover letter questions, with answers to guide
you!
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Ten Second Cover Letters
By Kevin Donlin
Attention spans are shorter today than ever before.
You have just a few short moments to make an impact with your cover letter and résumé.
Since the cover letter is what most hiring managers and HR people read first, yours should make the most impact in the shortest time.
I submit that you have less than 10 seconds in which to make your reader want to put down your cover letter, pick up the phone and call you for a job interview.
Here are four ways to do just that.
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Cover Letter Strategies
Copyright © 2000 by Kevin Donlin
In a nutshell, your cover letter should say, "I'm the right person for the job. I have unique skills and experience that will help your company right away. I hope you're as excited about this as I am." The accompanying resume should then prove your case.
Put another way, the cover letter is the advertisement for your resume.
To get your resume read, and to get that job interview, your cover letter must do the following six things.
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