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Grab Attention with a Compelling Cover Letter
A resume is obviously a crucial part of a job application. It highlights your previous job, key accomplishments, and education. But before you can get a potential employer to give your resume a close look, you have to impress them with your cover letter. A cover letter is important for a number of reasons, and…
Learn MoreOne Letter Can Weaken Your Cover Letter
Your application to a job is supposed to be all about you and your strengths, right? It’s the one time that it’s okay to brag—in fact, bragging is encouraged. That’s right, but only to an extent. You also need to show, especially in your cover letter, why your skills and accomplishments are beneficial to the…
Learn MoreOne Letter Can Weaken Your Cover Letter
Your application to a job is supposed to be all about you and your strengths, right? It’s the one time that it’s okay to brag—in fact, bragging is encouraged. That’s right, but only to an extent. You also need to show, especially in your cover letter, why your skills and accomplishments are beneficial to the…
Learn More5 Key Cover Letter Strategies You Can Use NOW to Start Generating Interviews
5 Key Cover Letter Strategies You Can Use NOW to Start Generating Interviews Do I really need to use a cover letter? It’s a question I hear from clients every day—and an important one because a great one can be the determining factor in landing an interview. However, I want to start by clarifying that…
Learn MoreCover Letters Do Matter – How One Man’s Unique Approach DIDN’T Get Him His Dream Job
Andrew Lamberson doesn’t work for The New York Times Magazine in Brooklyn. And his cover letter didn’t get him a job. So what’s the point here? Well, Andrew always believed that cover letters were essentially useless—and so he wrote boring cover letter after boring cover letter for jobs that he didn’t get—and wasn’t all that…
Learn More1 Cover Letter Secret That Will Guarantee You Interviews
Let me cover the first question I often hear about cover letters before we go into tips for writing one: do you need to write a cover letter to apply for a job? Yes. Yes. Yes. Even if the job description doesn’t specifically ask for one, you need to write a cover letter to accompany…
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