Archive for November, 2007

Resume Cover Letter III

November 29th, 2007

We’ve covered the three reason for a resume cover letter and we now turn to the main substance of the resume cover letter.
You’ve indicated the job you are applying in the start of the resume cover letter and now you want to highlight your qualifications for the job.
Every job lists the qualifications for the job. [...]

Job Hunting Strategies

November 25th, 2007

One of the most difficult aspects of job hunting is to approach it as a full time job. No one sets the hours of work. If you take the morning off there is no boss to account to. No one judges your performance.
It’s easy to get discouraged. You get a lot of “No’s” or deafening [...]

Resume Cover Letter (cont’d)

November 25th, 2007

This is the second in a series of posts on “writing the winning cover letter.”
Last time we reviewed the three reasons to write a focused cover letter to accompy our resume: (1) To indicate what job we are applying for, (2) To highlight out experience and skills relative to the requirements of the job announcement, [...]

Resume Cover Letter

November 24th, 2007

We are beginning the blog with a series on writing the winning cover letter.
The resume cover letter has three purposes: (1) To tell the employer what job you are applying for; (2) To highlight your experience and skills, and; (3) To elevate you above the other candidates and get an interview.
If we keep these three [...]