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		<title>Guidelines for a Great Cover Letter for your Resume</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cover letter is extremely vital for a person who is looking out for a job. It is a cover letter that is going to sell you. A brilliant cover letter will enable you to find jobs with no trouble. So go ahead and read some of the tips to write a great cover letter Tip [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cmmug.com/advantages-of-a-good-cover-letter/"><strong>Cover letter is extremely vital</strong></a> for a person who is looking out for a job. It is a cover letter that is going to sell you. A brilliant cover letter will enable you to find jobs with no trouble. So go ahead and read some of the tips to write a great cover letter</p>
<p><strong>Tip 1-</strong> Do not begin the letter with the usual “hello” and “hi’ instead have a heading which is very attractive and will catch the employers attention. Say for instance the headline can be something like “Reason why I am applying for this job is …” These kinds of headers will be very catchy.</p>
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<p><strong>Tip 2 –</strong> the letter has to be drafted in present tense. Stay away from past and future tenses. The letter has to be Present Continuous. The tense in your letter will unquestionably have an influence on the person who is reading it.  Take the paradigm of the books you have read in college and schools. One finds it very mind-numbing as they are not written in present tense.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 3 –</strong> The letter has to be short yet sweet.  The reader should have a glimpse of all the important things. No one will want to read a lengthy letter. Never beat around the bush be straight while drafting the letter.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 4 –</strong> Always keep in mind that a cover letter is the one that is going to sell you.  List down the genuine reasons as to why they should hire you. Also write about how your values and the company’s goals and values relate well.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 5 –</strong> Avoid typing errors in the letter.  More the errors more amateurish the letter is.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 6 –</strong> See to that your cover letter is no run of the mill stuff. It has to be distinctive.  For each company write a different letter. Do not use the same letter for all the companies. Each company should be sent a customized letter.  Put some effort and know about the companies that you are applying for and write what you know about the company in their respective cover letters.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 6 –</strong> Finally send the cover letter only to those companies which you feel has the capacity to hire you. And also send the letter to the person who will have the power to absorb you right away.</p>
<p>Follow the above tips and <a href="http://www.cmmug.com/coverletters.html"><strong>you are sure to have jobs</strong></a> waiting for you.</p>
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		<title>Advantages of a Good Cover Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good cover letter is not just a mere cover letter; it is a good marketing letter. Lots of people are more worried about the resume and not about the cover letter. It is the cover letter that is more vital than the resume. It is a cover letter that sells you and not a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A good cover letter is not just a mere cover letter; it is a good marketing letter. Lots of people are more worried about the resume and not about the cover letter. It is the cover letter that is more vital than the resume. It is a cover letter that sells you and not a resume.</p>
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<p>I am quite sure you must have spent several hours making the resume while paying no attention to the cover letter.  This does not work. You cannot expect an employer to get back to you if your cover letter is bad. This is because employers receive a lot of resumes and they do no have the time to check each and every resume. Hence they open those resumes which have a catchy cover letter. If your cover letter is pathetic the employer will definitely not open your resume. Hence you lose the chance of getting a good job.</p>
<p>They should be tempted to see your resume reading the cover letter. The secret behind getting an interview call is a great cover letter. Resume is also necessary but it is the cover letter that is the first step, so do not compromise on that.</p>
<p>If you want job offers to pour in all you need is a <a href="http://www.cmmug.com/coverletters.html"><strong>humble and neat cover letter</strong></a> along with your resume.</p>
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