by Paul Hegarty

The cover letter is often overlooked when preparing a resume. Your cover letter is just as important. In actual fact the cover letter will yield the first impression. Have a terrible cover letter and the next step will be the trash can. When writing the cover letter we want to be short and snappy. We want to create interest. We want it to be clean and concise. (more…)

by Simone Emmons

Your resume can present your skills, education and experience to a possible employer, but your cover letter must encourage the perspective employer enough to consider you from hundreds of candidates competing for a particular job opening. (more…)

by Heather Eagar 

Here’s a tip for cover letters to get more interviews. Use a bulleted format cover letter rather than a standard letter in paragraphs. The bulleted format is more eye catching, and is more likely to be glanced at by the hiring manager or other person assigned to sort through resumes. This format will help you get your resume seen by more people and as a result get more interviews and more job offers. (more…)

by Heather Eagar

Any good job hunter needs a resume package. The cover letter and resume always go together and do the same basic thing in slightly different ways. A job hunter without both of them will probably not get very far in the search for a good career position. (more…)

by Robert Moment 

A cover letter can be the ultimate compliment to your resume. With an effective and well-written letter, you can impress future employers with details that cannot always be found in the resume. Also, a cover letter may just be the reason your resume is even read. Employers are likely to ignore resumes that are unaccompanied. A cover letter makes it stand out. (more…)

By Judi Perkins

Creating a job search cover letter doesn’t need to be a laborious process. Effective cover letters are short, skimmable and easy to read (a good rule of thumb no matter WHERE your cover letter is going) – three to four paragraphs tops. (more…)

By John Stronack

Most job applications are made up of two documents, the resume and the letter that accompanies it. A lot has been written about resume writing. The same cannot be said however about cover letter writing. Out of the two, the resume is definitely the most important document. It contains the substance of your candidacy. Does that mean that the cover letter should be downplayed? No. The cover letter should be viewed as complementing the resume. A resume without an accompanying cover letter would not be viewed by most recruiters as a complete job application. (more…)

By Brian Flanagan

A cover letter is one of the most important resources a job-seeker has. Your covering letter can make or break you. If you have a really good letter, you can get the manager to call you instantly, if your letter isn’t up to the mark, it’ll land in the trash. Here are some super tips to write amazing cover letters: (more…)