Sunday, February 17, 2008

Cover Letters

The first article I read was "The Reality of Cover Letters" and I could not agree more with what it says. I sent my resume/cover letter to countless companies with no response. This article addresses the reality that this does absolutely nothing other than "generate rejection letters" and that college recruiting programs are the way that entry-level candidates are hired. I found this out the hard way.
The sample cover letter is not a very good one in my opinion. It does not follow the advice of the other articles to talk about the company you are applying to.
Because I have already written so many cover letters, this article was helpful because it stressed following up after sending them instead of waiting for a reply.

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