{"id":477,"date":"2006-12-04T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T21:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=477"},"modified":"2006-12-04T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T21:42:20","slug":"email-cover-letter-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/email-cover-letter-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Cover Letter Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BusinessWeek.com with an article written for me &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/careers\/content\/dec2006\/ca20061204_636411.htm?campaign_id=rss_null\" target=\"_blank\">How to Write an E-Mail Cover Letter<\/a>. If you have read The Hire Sense for some time, you know I have a weakness for poorly-worded cover letters. This quick Q&#038;A article provides a good intro answer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Skip the cover-letter attachment, and turn your e-mail message into a cover letter. A great cover letter shares a bit of your background but mostly talks about the company&#8217;s need (for a marketing research manager, an actuary, or whatever) and describes why your experience is perfectly suited to the opportunity. One paragraph is the perfect length.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t agree more with that advice. However elementary this sounds, checking for spelling errors and proof-reading the text is critical.<\/p>\n<p>To see what happens when those two items are ignored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.killianadvertising.com\/coverletters.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BusinessWeek.com with an article written for me &#8211; How to Write an E-Mail Cover Letter. If you have read The Hire Sense for some time, you know I have a weakness for poorly-worded cover letters. This quick Q&#038;A article provides a good intro answer: Skip the cover-letter attachment, and turn your e-mail message into a cover letter. A great cover letter shares a bit of your background but mostly talks about the company&#8217;s need (for a marketing research manager, an actuary, or whatever) and describes why your experience is perfectly suited to the opportunity. One paragraph is the perfect length. I couldn&#8217;t agree more with that advice. However elementary this&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/email-cover-letter-advice\/\">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":[13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resumes","category-sourcing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-7H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1175,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/the-automatic-cover-letter\/","url_meta":{"origin":477,"position":0},"title":"The Automatic Cover Letter","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From my junk mail: Stop writing cover letters the hard way. _____________ helps you quickly and easily crank out a killer cover letter that is guaranteed-to keep your phone ringing. With just a click-of-a-button, fill in the blanks and in just 3.5 minutes out pops a brilliantly worded and perfectly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Resumes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Resumes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/resumes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":398,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/cover-letter-help\/","url_meta":{"origin":477,"position":1},"title":"Cover Letter Help","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 27, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"After all of my cover letter enjoyment, CareerJournal.com offers up a short article to assist candidates - 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're applying for multiple jobs, it's easy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Resumes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Resumes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/resumes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1696,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/cover-letter-comedy-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":477,"position":2},"title":"Cover Letter Comedy","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm all for standing out, but this line at the beginning of a cover letter is a swing and a miss. If you can get me excited about your business, I\u2019ll bring the magic. 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So you can imagine my surprise when I saw this abcnews.com article - 'Cover Letters from Hell' Expose Poor\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":1392,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/a-cover-letter-with-odd-confidence\/","url_meta":{"origin":477,"position":5},"title":"A Cover Letter With Odd Confidence","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This excerpt is from the cover letter of a salesperson: Telemarketing There is no better. willing to work Short Term, Long Term, Temp. Commision, depending on rate of pay. 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