175 High-Impact Cover Letters

by Richard H. Beatty

With this revised edition of this bestselling book, job searchers will have 175 cover letters to study and use as guidelines to get that dynamic job. Contains 25 brand new cover letters, to keep up with changing styles. 175 High-Impact Cover Letters, Second Edition, arms job seekers with an arsenal of highly effective professional cover letter models that, with minor modification, can be rapidly deployed as needed. You'll find models for five different types of cover letters, including employer broadcast letters, search firm broadcast letters, advertising response letters, networking cover letters, and the increasingly popular resume letters. A full chapter, complete with numerous model letters, has been dedicated to each of the five letter types.

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 1992

Reviews

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for some ideas about cover letters

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This shouldn't take anyone long to read. Some quick guidelines - useful to an extent - and then lots of examples (hmm... 175?) of cover letters of a variety of types. That would include some that I wouldn't classify as High-Impact. In fact, the first one given as an example struck me as just the opposite. i expected there to be a note saying "don't do this" but there was no such note. made me scratch my head for a moment and then I moved on. Some of the examples are quite good and give food for thought, but not all. So buyer beware. Overall, the book is a good review (quick) and a source of ideas. I didn't use anything from it directly but it did encourage me to re-think a couple bits of my own.

The section on the Resume Letter was most interesting. i hadn't considered such a thing myself and can immediately see where it has potential. I am wanting to make more direct contact with some potential employers and this could be a good door opener.