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Job-Search Cover Letter Tutorial


 

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Cover Letter Openers: Name-Dropping

 

Be sure to sound genuine in your opening paragraph.

 

In this example, the writer attempts to use the referral/name-dropping approach. Does it work?

 

    Dear Mr. Edwards:
    I was commenting to Will Benner that the firm of Edwards and Caldwell is the ninth-largest firm in Central Illinois, providing high-quality accounting services for construction firms, real-estate companies, and nonprofit organizations.

 


 

 

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