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“Start your civilian job search early!” That’s the advice folks get about a year before they exit the military. But if you send out a resume months before you exit, how do you say you can’t start work right away? Don (not his real name) wrote in with that question. So I wrote a sample … Read more
Usually I recommend keeping a cover letter short, especially a cover letter for a college graduate who is just starting her career. So I was interested when Maria (not her real name) sent me the following fill-in-the-blank cover letter template she created for various job applications. Maria “broke” a few of my cover letter guidelines. She: … Read more
Do you get writer’s block when it comes to writing a cover letter? Don’t know what your cover letter format should look like? Want to be sure you say everything you need to without saying too much? Well, no more staring at a blank cover letter page trying to figure it out! A good cover … Read more
Brian emailed his sales resume to the manager of a sporting goods store. Later that week the manager replied that she was impressed by his resume and wanted to interview him. Brian sent this follow-up email to confirm. There are a few things to note about this follow-up email. The email subject line sums up … Read more
This cover letter sample is so compelling, I can’t imagine that the employer would not want to interview and hire this job seeker. Anja hits every bottom line and emotional button in the book, showing off her good sales skills in the process. What strikes me most about this letter is the way Anja uses … Read more
Here’s a sample cover letter for a special type of job search: Anna wants to work for the same airline at the same airport she worked at six years ago. There’s a new hiring manager now so she has to sell herself all over again. Anna’s cover letter (below) needs to accomplish three things: Grab … Read more
Sarah knows her email cover has to be good, and it needs to be concise. Recruiters are busy people. So she makes her email quick to read by inserting dash points that show how she is different from the average medical sales person. Notice that this is being sent to a company’s internal recruiter — … Read more
Here’s a cover letter sample written by Anne, a college student who is applying for a high school counselor internship to fulfill one of the requirements for her Master’s degree program. It is her hope that this internship will lead to a full-time position somewhere in the school district after she graduates. Anne’s cover letter … Read more
applying for a job as an event coordinator. Of course, if he applies for a different job (for example, Marketing Associate), he will use a different cover letter that targets the new job and the new employer. Gary knows the name of the manager but has never met her and, therefore, is not on a … Read more
A colleague told Franco about a job opening for an environmental scientist at a research center in California. Franco is very interested, even though it would mean relocating from France if he got the job offer. The colleague told Franco he could drop his name in the cover letter, so Franco decided to give it … Read more