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| Thread ID: 137544 | 2014-07-18 09:04:00 | Anyone have 15min to spare?Need some tips for a Cover Letter | Ninjabear (2948) | PC World Chat |
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| 1379534 | 2014-07-18 09:04:00 | Customer Service Role Anyone have 15mins to spare to have a look and see what they feel about the cover letter? Too much information?Punctuation Incorrect?Grammar inconsistant?Too long? www.sendspace.com Any tips would be helpful Thanks |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1379535 | 2014-07-18 10:27:00 | PM sent | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1379536 | 2014-07-18 10:35:00 | Customer Service Role Anyone have 15mins to spare to have a look and see what they feel about the cover letter? Too much information?Punctuation Incorrect?Grammar inconsistant?Too long? www.sendspace.com Any tips would be helpful Thanks The most important thing to remember when writing a cover letter, ask yourself "what can I offer the job I am applying for? What skills sets will I bring to the party?" I'll download it and have a look later :) |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1379537 | 2014-07-18 21:19:00 | Anyone have 15mins to spare to have a look and see what they feel about the cover letter? Too much information?Too long? Yes. Yes. Cut it down to half a page, keep the main points without going on about them. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1379538 | 2014-07-18 21:42:00 | Yup just cut the one I sent down a bit. Same applies to the CV. The shorter, the better. If they read too many pages, they'll get bored. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1379539 | 2014-07-18 23:51:00 | I am a fresh graduate looking for an opportunity to start my career and stay in New Zealand. WTF |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1379540 | 2014-07-18 23:55:00 | I am a fresh graduate looking for an opportunity to start my career and stay in New Zealand. WTF Chinglish |
plod (107) | ||
| 1379541 | 2014-07-19 07:29:00 | Thanks guys. I've deleted a few lines and with Speedy's help it looks quite pretty now. Thanks for the criticism. Will go and apply a few jobs now with my friend |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 1379542 | 2014-07-19 09:18:00 | I would cut it right back, only a couple of lines is all you need. It's very difficult to write a "good" cover letter without knowing about the job. 100% always tailor to the job. In fact, if you can, ring up and ask a bit about the job, find out something unique about the job that you can relate to, on the phone, that you can then subsequently mention in your covering letter. Taking more than a few minutes to spin off an application is a great way to ensure you stand out, too many people have their CV on auto-pilot and end up failing miserably as a result. Try something like this: Dear C RE: Ingenious Inbound Representative I am very interested in the position of Ingenious Inbound Representative advertised on the Seek website. As you will be able to see from my CV, I have extensive relevant expertise in the sales & customer service, both over the phone and face-to-face. I am quick to build a rapport and mutual understanding with customers, and am not phased dealing with tough situations and awkward customers. I maintain calm, I'm a quick thinker, and have excellent 'on the spot' problem solving skills. Mixed with my positive and "can-do" attitude, I feel my honesty and integrity are some of my best assets. It would be my pleasure to meet you in person or perhaps a phone interview first on 0211XXXXXX. Thank you in advance for considering my credentials and I look forward to meeting you soon. Something like that, sums it up, almost bullet-points what you say in your current cover letter, very "punchy", and a lot more likely to be read instead of just skipped over. Good luck! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1379543 | 2014-07-19 23:29:00 | I would cut it right back, only a couple of lines is all you need. It's very difficult to write a "good" cover letter without knowing about the job. 100% always tailor to the job. In fact, if you can, ring up and ask a bit about the job, find out something unique about the job that you can relate to, on the phone, that you can then subsequently mention in your covering letter. Taking more than a few minutes to spin off an application is a great way to ensure you stand out, too many people have their CV on auto-pilot and end up failing miserably as a result. Try something like this: Something like that, sums it up, almost bullet-points what you say in your current cover letter, very "punchy", and a lot more likely to be read instead of just skipped over. Good luck!0 Except "phased" is actually "fazed" in this context... |
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