Cover Letter

Coming from the mind of someone who has been doing recruiting for many years, I can tell stories of the type of cover letters I receive with every resume or application. Some are fantastic others, my gosh it is telling me their whole personal life story or it is one of those cheesy used car sales speeches. I am not trying to offend anyone, but the truth always hurt.

People keep talking about being in a recession and jobs are hard to find as the competition is triple of what the normal is. I am here to tell you “this is true”. In my line of work I human resources, you have the same amount of hours in the day, but triple the work. The last you want to do is send a cover letter saying you life’s story or a cheesy sales speech. Cover letters are as a resume – a first impression, so like such needs to be spectacular. You need to sale your skills and abilities at a higher category; with professionalism and excellent writing skills. Focus on the job description and how your abilities, experiences do match this position and how you consider to be the best candidate for this position.

By telling you this please, don’t write I do have experience for example in only the field or the position. Talk about your professionalism ethics, your ability to communicate effectively, your experience at problem solving and teamwork. Again match your experience, your previous tasks at other jobs with the position in hand. Learn more about the company before sending your resume and place some of the information from the website on your letter and express you did that. This shows you’re interested in the company as well and not just the job.

Now write a short, sweet and straight to the point letter, not a two page story. If you aced your cover letter your chances for your resume to be reviewed have increased. Remember you only have about 30 seconds for your cover letter and 30 seconds on your resume to really pull someone’s socks out.

Hope this helps you in your career endevours.