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CreatingYourCoverLetterEverytimeyousendoutarésumé,you’llneedtohaveagreatcoverlettertosendalongwithit.It’sagoodideatocustomizeyourcoverletterforeachjobyou’reapplyingfor.Thecoverletterisanotherwayofintroducingyourselftoapotentialemployer.Whatitsaysaboutyoucanbethedifferencebetweengettinginthedoorandmissingyourchance.BeforeYouWriteEachcoverlettertakespreparation.Herewe’veoutlinedsomethingstokeepinmindwhenpreparingtowriteyourcoverletter:Thinkaboutyourselfandyourexperiences.Thenthinkabouthowyouwouldliketorelateyourexperiencetotheorganizationyou’rewritingto.Whichofyourtalents,skills,personalitytraitsandaccomplishmentsshouldthisparticularorganizationknowabout?Brainstormalistforyourself.Howdidyouhearaboutthisopportunity?Ifitwasthroughapersonalcontact,writedownthename.Ifthroughanadvertisement,writedownwhereandwhenyousawit,andlistthespecificpointstheadwantsyoutoinclude.Whatdoyouknowabouttheorganizationyou’rewritingto?Whatattractedyoutoitinthefirstplace?Maybeit’spersonal(afriendworkedthere),ormaybeyouareimpressedwithwhattheorganizationdoesoradmiretheiruniqueworkphilosophy.Dosomeresearchaboutthecompanyonlineorthroughtrademagazines,etc.Whomareyouwritingto?It’salwaysbesttowritetoareal,liveperson(withatitle)ifyoucan,soifyou’renotrespondingtoanadthatincludesaspecificcontact,trytolookupthenameofsomeoneinparticulartowriteto.Besuretospellbothnameandtitleperfectly.Ifyoucannotfindaspecificpersontowriteto,try“DearHiringManager”or“DearHumanResources.”Avoidgender-specificsalutationssuchas“Sir”and“Ma’am.”TheRightFormatBusypeopledon’twanttoreadlonglettersfrompeopletheydon’tknow.Thecoverlettershouldbeonepagelong,andinstandardbusinessletterformat.Thismeansthatyoumayindentyourparagraphsornot–butnotindentinggivesabitmoreroom.Leavewidemargins(minimum1inch)anduseaclean,simplefontlikeArialorTimesNewRoman.Don’tbetemptedtouseatinyfontjusttofiteverythingononepage;10-or12-pointtypeisbest.Writeclearlyandavoidhyphenatedwordsattheendofaline.ComposetheLetterParagraphOne:Thefirstparagraphisthemostimportant.