Why Should I Use Cover-Letters?

• Cover-letters provide a means of adding more information, beyond the resume itself.

• A cover-letter allows you to clearly define your Job Objective.

• Using a cover-letter is generally recommended by professional career coaches.

• Often a cover-letter is absolutely a necessary part of your job search.

• Use cover-letters for direct solicitation, when you do not even know if a job is available.

Your Goal:

Your goal should be to present the strongest possible impression that you are interested in THEIR needs. Regardless of your career orientation, or the type of job you are pursuing, always be THEM oriented.

The Hiring Mangers Goal:

Prospective employer's have no interest in your needs--untill--they know what you can do for them. After all, if getting a job your goal (?) you should want to use every "tool" available to capture a prospective employer's attention.  Why?  Because if you do NOT get an interview, you will NOT get a job. To help encouage a hiring manager to call you for an interview, Cover-Letters should be one of your "tools."  Especially since a cover-letter can be used to note additional informaition (bullet-points) about experience you have had that could be of interest to the hiring manger—you hope to interwiew with.  The do-it-yourself (DIY) Cover-Letters Workbook, we offer, contains a wealth of instruction and guidance, plus numerous examples (templates) for your use.

Introduction and Mini Resume:

Consider a cover-letter as a means of introduction, plus as a customized mini-resume being included with your standard resume.  A cover-letter is a classy additional to your presentation and allows you to more clearly identify you job-objective. 

Remember, your resume is intended to get you a job-interview, and a cover is a classy additon to your presentation. Your presentationj (your resume and cover-letter) will hopefully grab the attention of a hiring manager who will want to invite you in for an interview, and IT IS THE INTERVIEW  that gets you that job.  So keep in mind, (1) The resume presentation gets you to an interview, it does NOT get jobs.  But, (2) the interview gets you the job—and most "winning" job-searches are done using a mix of "tools" not just a resume. This is why you ought to consider using cover-letters with all of your presentations, and why we offer a complete do-it-yourself (DIY) Cover-Letters Workbook.

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After all, your job search begins with the resume, which should also include a cover-letter. This introduction to a prospective hiring manager will hopefully be followed with an invitation to come in for a job-interview.  So, to be fully "armed and ready" for your job-search competition, you really need all three Workbooks.

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