{"id":398,"date":"2006-10-27T08:03:12","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=398"},"modified":"2006-10-27T08:04:08","modified_gmt":"2006-10-27T13:04:08","slug":"cover-letter-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/cover-letter-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Letter Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After all of my cover letter enjoyment, CareerJournal.com offers up a short article to assist candidates &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerjournal.com\/jobhunting\/resumes\/20050829-loeb.html?mod=RSS_Career_Journal&#038;cjrss=frontpage\" target=\"_blank\">Six Tips for Writing A Winning Cover Letter<\/a>. Thank goodness for CareerJournal.<\/p>\n<p>Their last suggestion (my emphasis):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Proofreading<\/strong>. Double-check the letter before you send it. When you&#8217;re applying for multiple jobs, it&#8217;s easy to send the wrong cover letter, or not change the company name. Make sure you have addressed the letter to the correct person and have included the correct company name and job position. <em>Check also, of course, for spelling and grammar problems.<\/em> And if you&#8217;re sending your resume via an attachment, don&#8217;t forget to attach it before you send it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course. If you don&#8217;t check your grammar, <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=382\" target=\"_blank\">you may end up with statements like these<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all of my cover letter enjoyment, CareerJournal.com offers up a short article to assist candidates &#8211; Six Tips for Writing A Winning Cover Letter. Thank goodness for CareerJournal. Their last suggestion (my emphasis): Proofreading. Double-check the letter before you send it. When you&#8217;re applying for multiple jobs, it&#8217;s easy to send the wrong cover letter, or not change the company name. Make sure you have addressed the letter to the correct person and have included the correct company name and job position. Check also, of course, for spelling and grammar problems. And if you&#8217;re sending your resume via an attachment, don&#8217;t forget to attach it before you send it.&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/cover-letter-help\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resumes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-6q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1690,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/whos-hiring-whom\/","url_meta":{"origin":398,"position":0},"title":"Who&#8217;s Hiring Whom?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This excerpt is from a cover letter: If you think there might be a fit. Please send me a brief overview of your project or company.\u00a0 Let me know how I could help you if there\u2019s a fit. If there\u2019s any interest or a fit on my side I\u2019ll drop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anecdotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anecdotes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":208,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/a-pleading-cover-letter\/","url_meta":{"origin":398,"position":1},"title":"A Pleading Cover Letter","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a new approach for a cover letter: ...please someone help me before im living under a bridge. I personally think it is wiser to explain how you, as an employee, will help the company. 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One area I believe it hurts is applying for sales positions.\u00a0 I realize an ever-increasing amount of opportunities are found, shared and contacted through LinkedIn, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1002,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/a-cover-letter-disqualifier\/","url_meta":{"origin":398,"position":4},"title":"A Cover Letter Disqualifier","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 13, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This is from an online job board: I live in _______. I have a lot of customer service experience, but I am willing to do just about anything. I am in a lot of debt and need a good solid job to help me get out of it. 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