Blog Archives for category Cover Letter Writing
For Immediate Release: Easy Job Search Strategies for Resumes and Cover Letters e-Book
For Immediate Release Easy Job Search Strategies for Resumes and Cover Letters e-Book Now Available on Kindle SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (February 25, 2013). Five Strengths Career Transition Experts, Salt Lake City, UT, is proud to announce that Amy L. Adler, CEO, published Easy Job Search Strategies for Resumes and Cover Letters on Amazon.com in Kindle format. Amy L. Adler, first-place winner of the Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) Award for Best Executive Resume,…
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Cover Letter Strategy—Format of a Great Resume Cover Letter
Cover Letters: The Great Divide Among Hiring Managers The world is binary, as the humorous quote states: “There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.” It’s also divided into hiring managers who love cover letters and those who hate them. Which type of hiring manager are you speaking to when you submit your resume? The answer is you don’t know. This means you have to…
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Ask for the Interview: Effective Strategies for Your Cover Letter
You Won’t Get What You Don’t Ask For You’ve heard this phrase: “You get what you ask for.” Usually, it’s a tongue-in-cheek way of telling listeners they did something thoughtless. The flip side is also true. You won’t get what you don’t ask for, particularly in the context of the interview. In that sense, your cover letter, your initial communication with a hiring manager, should clearly ask for a meeting during which you can elaborate…
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IT Waves Goodbye to the Cover Letter
There are plenty of resources out there for job seekers that spout the continued importance of cover letters. However, this continues to be a widely debated subject. There doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer from the people who matter to you the job seeker; that is, hiring managers, recruiters, and human resource departments. That being said, we at Ashley Ellis are going to come right out and say that, in the IT world, the…
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Cover Letters, Part IV: Cover Letters That Get You the Interview, or A Good Cover Letter Is Hard to Find
We’ve spent several posts talking about what makes a terrible cover letter. Here are 3 specific techniques that go into constructing great cover letter: A great cover letter doesn’t bore or antagonize. Your cover letter is not about you, at least not to start. Your cover letter is about what you can do for the company to which you are applying. Tell the hiring manager why you understand the company’s situation or position. Explain what…
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