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Winning Cover Letters
The perfect cover letter pitch.
Career Coach Robin Ryan has helped thousands of clients edge out the competition and score the jobs of their choice. Her innovative game plan incorporates results from an extensive, nationwide survey of human resources personnel and hiring managers to offer the most effective job hunting techniques available.
Taking you through all the basics, Winning Cover Letters pinpoints exactly what you should-and should not-do to create powerful, attention-grabbing letters. Ryan's proven Power Impact Technique(TM), an easy-to-follow process, enables you to zero in on the most important skills a potential employer is looking for, then shows you how to meet those needs. Here's where you'll
* Tips from hiring managers and human resources personnel on common mistakes to avoid
* Successful cover letter samples-letters that landed interviews and jobs
* Exercises to help you assess your skills and accomplishments
* The Cover Letter Tracking SystemTM-efficient time-saving charts to record every letter you send out
* Special sections with advice for those in the creative arts, executives, professionals, new graduates, volunteers, and career changers
* How to write target letters to get the interest of employers you want to work for.
Other books in the Career Coach
* Winning Resumes
* 24 Hours to Your Next Job, Raise, or Promotion.
Career Coach Robin Ryan has helped thousands of clients edge out the competition and score the jobs of their choice. Her innovative game plan incorporates results from an extensive, nationwide survey of human resources personnel and hiring managers to offer the most effective job hunting techniques available.
Taking you through all the basics, Winning Cover Letters pinpoints exactly what you should-and should not-do to create powerful, attention-grabbing letters. Ryan's proven Power Impact Technique(TM), an easy-to-follow process, enables you to zero in on the most important skills a potential employer is looking for, then shows you how to meet those needs. Here's where you'll
* Tips from hiring managers and human resources personnel on common mistakes to avoid
* Successful cover letter samples-letters that landed interviews and jobs
* Exercises to help you assess your skills and accomplishments
* The Cover Letter Tracking SystemTM-efficient time-saving charts to record every letter you send out
* Special sections with advice for those in the creative arts, executives, professionals, new graduates, volunteers, and career changers
* How to write target letters to get the interest of employers you want to work for.
Other books in the Career Coach
* Winning Resumes
* 24 Hours to Your Next Job, Raise, or Promotion.
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 10, 1997
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December 28, 2008
The idea is to tailor your cover letter to make it get you noticed as to how you can help the company. To show them what you can do and what you did in the past to help the company. The concept is good but the examples may not help you write your own winning cover letter.
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July 20, 2012Similar to Winning Resumes, it is very American-style and it may not apply to some cultures.
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