Posts Tagged ‘coverletter’
How To Write A Cover Letter
Writing a cover letter can be quite a bit of a challenge especially for people who are still trying to figure it out. While a resume lists your education and work experience and tells the recruiter about your job responsibilities, the cover letter is the one that actually gives you the opportunity to describe what [...]
Cover Letter FAQ
A cover letter is your introduction to the employer and highlights your best qualities and how you would bring value to the employer. Your goal is to keep the reader’s interest throughout the letter and to make them eager to read your resume. A cover letter is also an excellent tool for explaining issues that [...]
Executive Job Hunting? You’ll Need More Than a Resume
If you’re an executive planning your next career move, it might intrigue you to learn that you’ll be judged by more than just your resume during your job search. In other words, a full resume is not necessarily the best fit for each interviewer or contact. Surprised? You’ll find that recruiters, company owners, Boards [...]
Do You Really Need A Cover Letter?
The cover letter accompanies your resume as part of your job application ‘pack’ and is meant to expound on information in the resume. History is replete with job applicants that missed out on important opportunities simply because they did not send a cover page. There is no standard length of a cover letter but ideally [...]
How to Write a Properly Formatted Cover Letter
A cover letter has many different uses in business, including: An introduction of yourself and/or your company. To outline your services, experiences, and qualifications. To and request a call to action to be taken by your customers and/or clients. To introduce other documents that are enclosed in the same package. Letterhead If you don’t [...]
Seven Keys to Working With Recruiters
Working with a recruiter could be one of the best career decisions you’ve ever made. It can also be a serious waste of time and lead to disappointment and even resentment. Choosing the right firm, the right recruiter and getting off on the right foot can be essential steps to landing you in a position [...]
Cover Letters and Resumes – Does Paper Really Matter?
Okay, you’ve updated your cover letters and resume. Now they are polished, bright and terrific. You’ve paid your local resume guru a few bucks to make sure you’ve got smooth sailing to your next job or career. He wrote you a killer objective statement and put the latest buzz-words into these finely crafted pieces of [...]
Irene’s Resume Writing Tips
3 R’s-Relevance, Research and Readability Relevance….Focus on what the employer is looking for, not on yourself, your work history and skills. An excellent resume is not about giving the employer every detail, it is a marketing piece to intrigue, a marketing piece that positions you, brands you as the ideal candidate by giving details that [...]
How to Conclude a Resume Cover Letter
A resume cover letter is an important part of one’s job application. It is the responsibility of the job applicant to carefully craft a resume and cover letter that conveys a positive message to the hiring manager concerning the qualification, experience and skills of the job applicant. One of the main reasons for writing a [...]
Cover Letters for Over Forty Job Seekers
Recently an associate of mine, Trent, who happens to be over forty and seeking a management position, asked me to write his resume and create cover letters. He expected he would have younger competition and initially wanted to play down his work history in order to conceal his age. Because he had one particular job [...]


