Are Cover Letters REALLY Important?
Posted by ayeshawrites4u on July 28, 2008
I like to think of resumes as magazine ads – they have to be polished, quick to the point, and make a great sale!
Well, if resumes are like magazine ads, then cover letters are the magazines themselves. They have to have just the write wording and appearance to make people want to open the magazine in the first place. If your cover letter lacks pizzazz and doesn’t get an employer excited about you, then that great resume you’ve spent hours on will get you no where. IT WILL NEVER GET READ.
Cover Letters should be written with the same mentality as your resume. It should be written with the employer in mind. Therefore you have to make sure your qualifications shine through and tells an employer, “I am the perfect match for the position YOU posted”. Do not make the mistake of sending out the same generic cover letter for every position you apply.
Instead, read the job description and if there is anything you feel you can add to your cover letter to show you are more qualified…ADD IT. You are fit to get the position, you just have to prove it to your future employer.
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