Your cover letter is where you make a case for why you’d excel at the job, aside from what’s in your resume. A good cover letter can be the thing that gets you an interview. Here’s how to write one. Your cover letter is where you make a case for yourself, aside from what's in your resume. A good cover letter will make you stand out. Here's how.

2019年4月9日 · Also, those who are at more senior levels, and thus might end up writing drier letters that discuss much more specific, experience-based things, might be somewhat less likely to be excited into sharing (since they probably 1. have written more letters in their lives, and 2. are less likely to attribute their success so much to the cover letter ...

2020年10月26日 · I used your cover letter advice to write a slightly better cover letter for each job, and I thought I really knocked it out of the park with the last one. Apparently I did, because I got a call very quickly for an interview, and after using all of your interviewing (and negotiating) advice, I accepted a great offer that’s the perfect next ...

2021年5月10日 · I recently landed a job, and my cover letter was about 1.25 pages (compared to my resume, which I pared down to 1 page). This example on AAM gave me the confidence to write a longer letter and made me realize that the cover …

2023年7月25日 · Three don’t accept cover letters at all in their ATS’s. One has a location where a cover letter can be uploaded, but explicitly states in the application process “To make applying easier, we don’t ask for a cover letter.” (Maybe they ask for it in high-level positions.). Only one requires a cover letter for all positions.

2014年2月10日 · This cover letter is really great. I work in the gaming industry and the recruiters tend to ask – even go so far as to state it In their job postings – that they are looking for enthusiastic cover letters like ex 2. Because the industry isn’t the most stable, I have a cover letter of examples 1 and 2.

2025年1月23日 · Thank you for sharing this. This is such a warm, friendly, almost conversational letter, while still being professional. I’ve never used a style/tone like this in a cover letter, but as a reader I can see immediately how appealing it is. Thanks for the inspiration, and congrats to the letter-writer on their new role!

2023年2月27日 · Warmth can be good in a cover letter, but I thing the primary reason the second cover letter works better than the first (for a non-academic position) is that it doesn’t just reiterate a resume, it presents specific reasons and examples of why the person is good at and a good fit for the work they are applying for.

2011年9月14日 · I wrote the cover letter of the century and sent it in. Got a call a couple of days later, and it was the guy from the ad who said, “You should know that you get the award for best cover letter ever.” We chatted for quite awhile and he asked for writing samples.

2022年4月18日 · The text feels very dense. In my industry, the norm is more of a 3-sentence cover letter identifying the specific position the writer is applying to, and maybe a single point of relevance or interest. In fact, I’m seeing more and more resumes submitted with no cover letter at all, and I’m hearing the same from other industries.