subject: Letter Cover For Resume - How Cover Letters Generate Job Offers [print this page] A letter cover for a resume has become almost essential. As great a resume may be it needs some sort of introduction. Something that shows a person is behind all the information on the resume page. Here's how I feel the letter cover to my resume generated me job offers.
The first thing I want to say about a letter cover for a resume is that I always stayed away from a generic letter. You know the ones you pick up off a page on the internet and start something like "Dear Sir/Madam" and go on to fill half a page with a whole lot of nothing. I didnt like using those because they said nothing about me. Those letter covers were like wrapping a gift in newspaper. Yes it's wrapped and you can't see what's inside but it doesnt give you much of a feeling. Think about how you want the reader to view you.
The letter cover for resume has two things to accomplish. One is to present your resume professionally and two is to cause the reader to want to review your resume. A humdrum letter will only make it to the desk and then get filled away. I know that putting a good letter cover for a resume isnt always easy, with so many things flying through your head. "I want the job. What do I put on the letter? Does that sound professional? Do I sound too eager? Any of these could be going through our mind, I know, it happens to me. I found it useful to use a cover letter generator. It helped me use proper language for the field I was applying in and made it easier to put together 15 letters in a week. I really needed a job.
Dont think that its a magic pill though. I still had to write in phrases that I wanted to call attention to my resume to have the reader turn the page and continue on. The letter cover for my resume would read something like "with my past experience being involved in the lunar rover project. I know I can bring value to the company. There are details of this project and others on the projects section of my resume." My intention there was to draw attention to the resume and have the person read it.
A really good letter cover for a resume connects with the reader in more than one level. Professionally with the proper language for the field and personally when it's possible. Sending it addressed to the interviewer helps, I also found company website to be useful. Many times they have information on charities the support and other similar interests. I used this by putting in my involvement in similar organizations, usually not the same ones. I have been involved in fund raising for cancer and its something I would include if I felt it could help. Just dont sound so involved that it would be a problem. That's what I felt helped me generate more a job offer with my cover letter for a resume.
