No-Nonsense Cover Letters: The Essential Guide to Creating Attention-Grabbing Cover Letters That Get Interviews & Job Offers (No-Nonsense)

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Editorial Review:

In today's competitive job market, if your cover letter doesn't grab the interviewer's attention, he or she may never even glance at your resume. No-Nonsense Cover Letters gives you the powerful, practical tools to write "attention-grabbing" cover letters that complement your resume and get you more interviews and job offers. In this companion to No-Nonsense Resumes (see p. 12) authors and professional resume writers Wendy Enelow and Arnie Boldt share their insights from 35+ years of combined experience to help you prepare cover letters that will get you noticed.

No-Nonsense Cover Letters begins with a thorough but easy-to-understand explanation of the key elements that are vital to creating "attention-grabbing" letters, including:

Why writing a cover letter is all about selling yourself. How to craft targeted cover letters. When to use bullets or paragraphs. Creating E-Letters for today's E-Search environment.

Subsequent chapters offer tips on creating winning letters for opportunities in virtually every profession: Administration & Clerical; Accounting, Banking & Finance; Government; Health Care & Social Services; Hospitality Management & Food Service; Human Resources & Training; Law Enforcement & Legal; Manufacturing & Operations; Sales, Marketing & Customer Service; Skilled Trades; and Technology, Science & Engineering. Each chapter includes sample letters contributed by leading resume writers and career consultants worldwide.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Executive Coach:

This is a must read book for all career coaches, resume writers, and job candidates! Wendy Enelow cuts to the core and provides an excellent formula for writing cover letters and explains the rationale for it. The book covers the 10 key components of cover letters, the 5 types of letters, the various designs, and how to handle electronic cover letters. On top of all that, the book includes focused information on writing letters for each of the common industries.

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