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Debra Wheatman, President of Careers Done Write, provides expert insight to the job search process that puts your career in gear with tips for interviewing, networking, job search strategies and how to create a winning resume and cover letter.
Why Many HR Managers Read Cover Letters
Although cover letters have changed form over the years, cover letters or cover emails are still relevant today. Some candidates ask, “Why is the letter so important when much of the same information is in the résumé?” “Do HR Managers even read the cover letter?” Many HR Managers do read cover letters. Here are a…
Cover Letter Help: Does Your Viral Letter Need an Antedote?
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The Perfect Ending
Job seekers everywhere stress over how to write a cover letter. Some dread the task of writing the letter so much that they forego the letter entirely. The cover letter is essential. Not only does it entice the reader to read your resume, it is a sample of your writing. The cover letter must be…
Cover Letter Help That Gets the Job
I often say that sending a résumé without a cover letter is like leaving your house with a shirt and no pants. A cover letter is part of your presentation – the entire package. It must accompany your résumé. The proper presentation early on in your search process will yield stronger results. You wouldn’t consider leaving your…
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Include a Cover Letter with your Resume
I just received an email from a client who forwarded me a note from another résumé writing company. The headline indicated that “you don’t need a cover letter.” This is not exactly the way it was written, but I am going to protect the guilty here. I have to beg to differ! A cover letter…
Establish your personal brand in your cover letter
Establishing your brand in a cover letter can be a tricky thing. You want to be creative, yet professional. So if the prose is stifled, the reader can actually feel how the writer struggled with every word, every sentence, and every thought. Here are a few tips to help get the creative juices flowing and…
HOW-TO: Creating a compelling cover letter
As a follow-up to my article on the importance of having a cover letter accompany your résumé, I am going to demonstrate here the mechanics of a well written cover letter. I hope that this provides some value and enables you to craft your own cover letter to generate interest on behalf of a potential…
A cover letter is NOT optional!
What’s the value of writing a cover letter? Why do you need that if you are going to submit your résumé? Does that not tell the entire story? NO WAY. Simply sending a résumé is not enough. A cover letter IS important. No cover letter with your résumé is like leaving your house with a…