by Katharine Hansen and
Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.

Ten Speed Press

ISBN: 1-58008-227-0

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This indispensable and reasonably priced guide for job seekers -- with more than 100,000 copies sold -- contains everything you need to create a stunningly effective cover letter. Previous editions of this popular book helped more than one hundred thousand job-hunters dress up their resumes and job applications with the kind of dynamic, informative letters that employers respond to.

Now, in this expanded and updated third edition, career experts Katharine Hansen and Randall Hansen zoom in on cutting-edge issues -- such as job-hunting on the Internet -- plus deliver those rock-solid basics that readers have come to depend on.

Simple, step-by-step instructions and tons of real-life cover letters will show you how to create a dynamic cover letter for any position. Write a cover letter that can:
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Introduction to the Third Edition

Send Not Thy Resume Naked Into the World

Three Kinds of Cover Letters
The Uninvited or Cold-Contact Cover Letter
The Invited Cover Letter
The Referral Letter

The Basics
The Cover Letter Formula
Dear So and So
Attention-Grabbing Beginnings
Quotes
The Clever Angle
Praising the Employer
Pasting a Copy of the Ad to Your Letter

The Body of the Letter
Your Unique Selling Proposition
Broadcast Your Accomplishments
The Screening Process
Turning a No into a Yes
Transferable Skills
The Bottom Line
Two Magic Words

Tips for a Dynamic Format
Highlighting
Quantifying
Demonstrating Your Ideas
Closing Your Letter
Adding a Postscript
Avoiding the Three Most Common Mistakes
Do's and Don'ts
Action Verbs

A Cover-Letter Worksheet

Editing
Cover Letter Makeovers
Writing-style Guideline
Editing/Re-writing Checklist
Editing Exercises
Pleonasms

Mechanics: Printing, Packaging, and Mailing
The Output
The Font
The Paper
The Envelopes
The Perfect Package
When to Mail
Delivery Stunts
Other Delivery Methods
Scanning
Keeping a Record

Using Cover Letters Creatively

Sticky Issues
Salary Requirements
References
Letters of Recommendation
Negatives in Your Job History

Follow-up Letters
Post-Interview Thank You Letters
Follow-up to a Rejection
Declining Letters
Acceptance Letters

Cover Letter Hall of Shame
Characteristics of an Ineffective Cover Letter
The Two Worst Cover Letters We Ever Saw

Checklist

The Big Picture
Domino Effect
Marketability
Test Your Marketability
Networking

Sources of Hidden Job Opportunities

Job-Hunting on the Internet

Cover Letter Quiz
The Quiz
The Answers

Cover Letter Honor Roll: Sample Letters
Letters from Recent Graduates -- see an example
Letter Requesting a Summer Job
Letter Seeking a Summer Internship
Letter to a College Placement Office
Letters requesting an Informational Interview -- see an example
Referral Letters -- see an example
Self-Referral Letters
Letter to Executive-Search Firm
Letter to a Professional Organization
Letters that Highlight
Clever-Angle Letters
Cold-Contact Letters -- see an example
Letter Seeking Consulting/Freelance Work
Classified Ad Response Letter -- see an example
Blind-Box Ad Response Letter
Responses to Job Postings on the Web
Thank You Letters -- see an example

Key career and Job Web Sites

Recommended Reading

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And if you're looking for advice about how to use the Internet in your job search, you need to visit our newly created Guides to Job-Hunting on the Internet.

For specific cover letter resources, we have also created the Dynamic Cover Letters Cover Letter Resources Guide.

Finally, if you're stumped on how cover letters fit into your job-hunt, you better check out these Ten Most Commonly Asked Questions About Cover Letters.

Cover Letter Tutorial:

Follow this link for a few other dynamic and free cover letter samples.

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