ContactFirst impressions count. And when it comes to a job search, your cover letter should make a positive first impression. Every time you use it to contact a potential employer. Your cover letter should persuade the reader to spend time with your résumé, or better yet, get you invited in for an interview all by itself.
While job hunting can be a challenging process even during prosperous times, it also offers us an opportunity to move closer to work that is more personally rewarding to us.
The goal of this web site is to help you create a cover letter that opens doors for you. You’ll find links to books that can help you out with sample cover letters. And an article introducing the killer cover letter—an approach that uses marketing techniques to increase the power—and results—of your cover letter.
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| Cover Letter Magic: Trade Secrets of Professional Resume Writers by Wendy S. Enelow, Louise Kursmark |
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| This new second edition includes more than 150 winning cover letters for every profession and situation. Readers get great tips from before and after transformations that turn boring letters into knockouts. Plus, there are tips on resumes, e-mail and scannable cover letters, thank-you letters, and dozens of sample opening paragraphs. Also provides proven first paragraphs to start the cover letter with strength. | ||