Here’s a sample cover letter for a special type of job search: Anna wants to work for the same airline at the same airport she worked at six years ago. There’s a new hiring manager now so she has to sell herself all over again. Anna’s cover letter (below) needs to accomplish three things: Grab […]
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Here’s a sample cover letter for an experienced sales/marketing professional, Marie, who is sending her resume to an IT firm. The job she seeks is Vice President of Sales. Marie is currently unemployed, a fact that she is hoping will play in her favor since the employer is in dire need of filling the VP
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This cover letter sample is so compelling, I can’t imagine that the employer would not want to interview and hire this job seeker. Anja hits every bottom line and emotional button in the book, showing off her good sales skills in the process. What strikes me most about this letter is the way Anja uses
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Gary knows the name of the manager but has never met her and, therefore, is not on a first-name basis. So, he uses the formal “Mrs. Spence” to address her. He starts his letter by dropping the name of a mutual associate, Charlotte Suarez. This is a great way to catch the reader’s eye and
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Harry opens his letter by telling his reader that a mutual associate has told him about a challenge the company is facing. It’s a delicate issue, but Harry feels certain his reader wants an answer so he’ll want to keep reading. Also, by mentioning the mutual associate’s name, Harry establishes a connection and starts to
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This is both a cover letter and a follow-up to a previous meeting. We can see that Pat and the manager must have hit it off when they met at a conference. This follow-up is friendly and refers to things they spoke about earlier. It also suggests things they might talk about in the
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Eric is the former co-owner of a construction firm that closed due to the slow economy. He’s now looking for a project manager position at another construction company — one of his former competitors. He sent his resume along with this cover letter via email. His email message was the same as the Word cover
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Here’s a cover email to a nonprofit that serves hearing impaired clients. When Christine saw that the organization had posted a job opening for a multimedia consultant, it struck a chord. Christine is hearing impaired and has a strong technical background. She’s skilled at on- and off-line media such as website design, webinars, PowerPoint presentations,
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Sometimes you meet someone at a networking event or other social setting and he or she says, “Send me your resume.” That’s when you need a good follow-up cover letter to use as an email with your resume attached. In Paula’s case, she had a casual phone conversation with John, the Program Coordinator at an
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A colleague told Franco about a job opening for an environmental scientist at a research center in California. Franco is very interested, even though it would mean relocating from France if he got the job offer. The colleague told Franco he could drop his name in the cover letter, so Franco decided to give it
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