| Are you a job seeker that has focused on perfecting | | | | reading the cover letter and that you are qualified for |
| and tailoring your resume, believing that your resume is | | | | the position. |
| the most important tool for landing your next job? If | | | | Compare these: "I am sending my resume to express |
| you are, you better get comfortable with your current | | | | interest in the sales management position that you |
| situation. Anymore, if you are not sending an amazing | | | | have recently listed on " |
| cover letter with your resume, you may as well not | | | | And "As a motivated salesman with 5+ years of sales |
| send your resume at all. | | | | management, a BBA in finance, and 8 years of |
| As a recent job seeker, I spent a lot of time and | | | | experience in the insurance industry, I am certain that |
| money perfecting my resume. Every resume that I | | | | you will find my experience meets the requirements of |
| sent addressed every need of the employer, | | | | the sales management position as you have outlined in |
| according to the position listing. Along with my perfect | | | | your recent listing." |
| resume, I sent a well written, but quite general, cover | | | | 3. In the second paragraph, address a few specific |
| letter. After reading an article about the importance of | | | | requirements as listed in position description and explain |
| a well written cover letter, I began focusing on | | | | your related experience. |
| perfecting my own. The results were astonishing! | | | | 4. In the closing of the letter, tell the employer that you |
| When I began tailoring my cover letters, the calls that | | | | are interested in discussing the position and how you |
| we all wait for started coming in. In fact, after tracking | | | | might be able to contribute to the success of the |
| my results, I found that 75% of the cover letters that I | | | | company. Also tell them how they may contact you if |
| sent out resulted in the employer contacting me for | | | | they have questions and that you will contact them at |
| more information or to schedule an interview! With | | | | a specific time. Thank the employer for their |
| results like that, it is no wonder finding a job became | | | | consideration. |
| an easy task. | | | | 5. Contact the employer when you say you will. |
| To write the perfect cover letter, you need to focus | | | | Recently, following these tips, and a few other highly |
| on some very key things: | | | | guarded secrets, I landed an interview with the owner |
| 1. Keep the cover letter as short as possible. | | | | of a small international company. I know it was the |
| Employers do not have time to read an essay. | | | | cover letter that made a difference because he did |
| 2. Your opening sentence in the cover letter should be | | | | not have a copy of my resume! Writing amazing |
| used to tell exactly why the employer should continue | | | | cover letters will make the difference! |