Cover letters can be almost as important as a resume when it comes to landing you that job you’ve been searching for. Often they are overlooked, but a well crafted cover letter can set you and your resume apart from the hundreds of other applicants you’re competing with.
You take the time to write up your resume; you search for the job you want; you submit your resume to various organizations. No response. It’s as if you did nothing. Why? What can you do to ensure your resumes are ‘heard?’ How can you guarantee that your resume lands you interviews and ultimately a job offer?
In our last post we were introduced to the classic job hunting guide, What Color is Your Parachute, and discussed how it can be an invaluable tool in your search for new employment when utilized in conjunction with other job search methods. Now, let’s continue our exploration of this handy title.
The methods discussed in Parachute [...]
Advice I picked up through my job searching journey in two opposite ends of the globe…
Make your resume stand out from the growing pile of monotonous ones; have a professional revise your resume. Employers do not have time to interview every applicant. To ensure you [...]
An important, but often undervalued, piece of the job application process is the cover letter. Many call writing one an art, and just as many will end up using a cookie-cutter letter they found from somewhere else. What must be aimed for is to be original and make yourself stand out, while maintaining professionalism.
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