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Cover Letter Mistakes, Ordered by When They Cost You
Most cover letter advice lists sins at random. This one follows the reader: what loses you before a word is read, in the first two lines, in the body, at the close, and what looks like a mistake but is not.
Read full articleHow to Write a Cover Letter When You Have No Experience
What a cover letter has to do when your CV is thin: the four things an employer is actually worried about, where your evidence comes from when you have never had the job, and three complete letters.
Read full articleThe Speculative Job Application: Who to Write To and When
A speculative application is a campaign, not a letter. How to pick the right companies, find the person who can actually hire, time the approach, choose the channel and follow up without becoming a nuisance.
Read full articleCover Letter Examples, With the Reasoning Behind Each One
Four complete cover letters for real situations: a direct application, a career change, an internal move and an application after a referral, each annotated with why it works and what to change.
Read full articleHow to Write a Cover Letter That Gets Read
The four paragraph structure that works, a full example you can take apart, what to do about gaps and career changes, and the openings that get you skimmed.
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