Resume Cover Letters - Tips, Techniques and Free Samples

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Resume Cover Letters - Tips, Techniques and Free Samples

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You may not realize it, however, resume cover letters are vitally important to your chances of getting a job interview.

If your resume cover letter is not written correctly and skillfully, your resume will likely not even be reviewed.

Read on to learn more about this "first-impression" document - you know what they say about first impressions, right...?

The importance of your cover letter

If you are serious about kick-starting your job search into high gear, you must understand the importance of your cover letter as a vital self-marketing piece.

Not only does this letter introduce you and create that all-important first impression; it also answers some key questions for the employer:

Do you realize the importance of your resume cover letter?

Am I interested in this person?
Does this person seem sharp?
Does this candidate seem qualified?
Is this resume worth pursuing?

While your resume will remain largely unchanged (although there are some key elements that should be modified on a case-by-case basis), your cover letter should be high customized to each specific situation.

In fact, your cover letter should be the by-product of "advance job research" (that you should complete for every job opening you are seeking).

Your advance-research is designed to yield the following information which when used, makes your cover letter much more "familiar" and targeted to the specific job and reader:

The exact job specs
The name of the hiring manager
The hiring manager's contact info
The hiring manager's assistant's name / info
Important company background information
Key product information (when applicable)

View a Sample Cover Letter

Your advance research will be the one of the single most important elements of your successful job search campaign. This concept is discussed in depth in our "Insider's Guide to Resume Writing".

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