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Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Writing the Best Cover Letter for Job Application to Land Your Dream Job
www.lifehack.org: Most hiring managers are busy. Before the hiring process even begins, they are likely juggling too much. When they get to the point of being ready to bring on new talent, they must then juggle the recruitment process with their day-to-day responsibilities.
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Sidney R.
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Personally, I have never had to write a cover letter for an application, so I chose this article to better understand the process. As I know I will be writing one in the near future, this was an excellent introduction. I learned that the cover letter must include your successes and accomplishments but must speak more on who you are as a person. One often assumes that employers want a pristine, accomplished individual. But the fact of the matter is that they want someone that will fit into their company and agree with their values. I appreciate how this article touched on the content of a cover letter, while also mentioning easily forgotten details, like including contact information. Revising and editing is also very important, so a reasonable amount of time should be allotted to write and review it. These helpful tips have clarified to me not only what a cover letter is, but what it should consist of to be successful.
Writing a cover letter so far has been more annoying than making a presentable resume. The biggest reason is that I just do not feel comfortable bragging about myself. But also I have heard many conflicting opinions on whether the cover letters matter or not. So ultimately it comes down to the question of how much time and effort should I invest in writing a cover letter. Another layer to the difficulty is that I end up writing another sort of cover letter when submitting the resume and cover letter via email. The article gave many helpful and basic advice on writing a cover letter. The best one for me would be #9, putting it away for a day or a few hours. Like the author wrote, it gives me fresh eyes, and makes it easier to catch typos and make it succinct. The difficult part of this would be that it takes so much courage to come back and read about bragging about myself.
One of the scariest parts for me of applying for jobs is always the cover letter. I am not a strong written communicator and thus writing a cover letter is always a challenge for me. What I liked about this article is that they broke down different points on how to improve your cover letter. I always want to write a good cover letter as it is the first thing the hiring manager will look at. This is basically a first introduction and you don’t want to make any mistakes. One of the pints the author made was to avoid making the letter all about you. When I write a cover letter I always feel like I talk about myself too much. I like how they said to connect your experience with what the company does. I think that’s a really smart way into connecting yourself and the job. I am going to be using these points in the future to write cover letters.
This article was a good read for someone who has never written an actual cover letter. When people mention them in passing, I have often been confused by what they are being asked to write, so hearing that there is no explicit template makes me feel like I have a better understanding than I initially thought I did. I also think it is genius that they suggest you look at how the company talks about their work and mirror that language. That would help create a tone that feels like you understand and want to be there subconsciously for the employer; I think I also need to take the advice about putting the writing away for a few hours just for my essays this year. That is very smart to look over your work after not thinking about it for a while. I can understand how you would catch more that way in terms of mistakes.
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Personally, I have never had to write a cover letter for an application, so I chose this article to better understand the process. As I know I will be writing one in the near future, this was an excellent introduction. I learned that the cover letter must include your successes and accomplishments but must speak more on who you are as a person. One often assumes that employers want a pristine, accomplished individual. But the fact of the matter is that they want someone that will fit into their company and agree with their values. I appreciate how this article touched on the content of a cover letter, while also mentioning easily forgotten details, like including contact information. Revising and editing is also very important, so a reasonable amount of time should be allotted to write and review it. These helpful tips have clarified to me not only what a cover letter is, but what it should consist of to be successful.
Writing a cover letter so far has been more annoying than making a presentable resume. The biggest reason is that I just do not feel comfortable bragging about myself. But also I have heard many conflicting opinions on whether the cover letters matter or not. So ultimately it comes down to the question of how much time and effort should I invest in writing a cover letter. Another layer to the difficulty is that I end up writing another sort of cover letter when submitting the resume and cover letter via email. The article gave many helpful and basic advice on writing a cover letter. The best one for me would be #9, putting it away for a day or a few hours. Like the author wrote, it gives me fresh eyes, and makes it easier to catch typos and make it succinct. The difficult part of this would be that it takes so much courage to come back and read about bragging about myself.
One of the scariest parts for me of applying for jobs is always the cover letter. I am not a strong written communicator and thus writing a cover letter is always a challenge for me. What I liked about this article is that they broke down different points on how to improve your cover letter. I always want to write a good cover letter as it is the first thing the hiring manager will look at. This is basically a first introduction and you don’t want to make any mistakes. One of the pints the author made was to avoid making the letter all about you. When I write a cover letter I always feel like I talk about myself too much. I like how they said to connect your experience with what the company does. I think that’s a really smart way into connecting yourself and the job. I am going to be using these points in the future to write cover letters.
This article was a good read for someone who has never written an actual cover letter. When people mention them in passing, I have often been confused by what they are being asked to write, so hearing that there is no explicit template makes me feel like I have a better understanding than I initially thought I did. I also think it is genius that they suggest you look at how the company talks about their work and mirror that language. That would help create a tone that feels like you understand and want to be there subconsciously for the employer; I think I also need to take the advice about putting the writing away for a few hours just for my essays this year. That is very smart to look over your work after not thinking about it for a while. I can understand how you would catch more that way in terms of mistakes.
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