Career - 201 Killer Cover Letters

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Killer
Cover Letters
201
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Contents
Introduction
v
Acknowledgments
ix
How to Use This Book and CD-ROM
xi
1. Jobhunting in Today’s New World
1
A Personal Note from the Author
2. The Top Ten Rules for Writing Killer
Cover Letters
10
The Basic Do’s and Don’ts for Cover Letters and All Your
Jobhunting Correspondence
3. How to Identify and Sell Your
Strengths
21
How to Identify Your Unique Skills and Talents and What They
Offer Your Next Employer—Worksheets 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3—
Sample Constructions
4. The Networking Letter
35
The Advantages of Networking—Letter Outline—Sample Letters
5. The Ad Response/Resume Cover
Letter
59
How to Create a Letter That Sets You Apart from Your
Competition—Letter Outline—Killer Openings and Closings—
How to Respond to Salary Queries—Sample Letters
6. The Follow-Up Letter
187
How Follow-Up Letters Differ from Thank-You Letters—Letter
Outline—Killer Openings and Closings—Sample Letters
iii
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7. The Thank-You Letter
208
When to Send a Thank-You Letter—Letter Outline—
Sample Letters
8. The Make Something Happen Letter
221
How to Jumpstart a Stalled Candidacy—Letter Outline—
Sample Letters
9. Additional Jobhunting Letters
244
Reference Request Letters—Meeting Confirmation Letters—
Letters for Negotiating, Accepting, and Rejecting a Job Offer—
Letters of Resignation—Sample Letters
10. Killer Resources
257
Words and Phrases to Avoid and What to Use Instead—The
Cover Letter Checklist
Index of Letters That Address Specific
Issues
261
Index of Letters by Industry and Job
Title
262
Alphabetical Listing of Letters
267
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