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By Alison Doyle, About.com Guide to Job Searching

Do You Have a Great Cover Letter?

Sunday November 15, 2009

I'd like to expand our collection of cover letters, resumes, CVs, and other employment-related letters. If you have a cover letter, resignation letter, thank you letter or other job search related letter, resume or curriculum vitae that you're proud of, I'd like to consider adding it to our samples.

Simply send it to me via email, along with the form giving us permission to use it. I'm looking for samples that reflect all levels of job seekers - from students to experienced professionals. If you'd like credit for your letter, let me know or, if you're concerned about privacy, let me know that, too, and I'll edit or remove your personal information. Thanks in advance for your help!

Also, if you have a cover letter writing tip to share, add it to our list. In a tough job market, a little advice can make a big difference.

If you're looking for samples to review, take a look at these sample resumes, cover letters, curriculum vitae, resignation letters, thank you letters, letters to accept, or decline a new job, and more career-related letters you can use for your job search correspondence.

More: Cover Letter Examples | Cover Letter Tips

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Comments
July 12, 2009 at 4:43 pm
(1) Jeff Arnold says:

Great position on a cover letter. I always say that the cover letter is what they see through the keyhole, if they don’t like what they see they wont even answer the door. I always suggest that job seekers use an online profile or portfolio on their cover letter, it can help set the impression they need to get to the next step. Lots of places provide online portfolios on the web, http://www.brightfuse,.com, http://www.portvid.com, http://www.pzhone.com and others are available free or cheap. I recommend using one of these instead of your social networks like facebook or linkedin simply because social networks are so commercial it takes away from the professionalism and quality of the presentation. You can always link back to them in your profile.

Food for thought.

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