cover letters

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.

What does a good cover letter look like?

Note: Do not steal this letter. Several hiring managers have emailed me when they spotted candidates using parts of it as their own — and yes, those candidates were rejected. This letter is here for inspiration, not copying.   The Evil HR Lady, who I secretly worship, has shamed me into posting an example of a […]

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the point of a cover letter

I regularly see job applicants miss out on one of the most effective ways to make their application stand out: the cover letter. First, I’m continually surprised by how many people don’t submit a cover letter at all, despite the fact that our ads and online job application instructions explicitly request them. I generally assume […]

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