Ultimate cover letters : a guide to job search letters, online applications and follow-up strategies
Yate, Martin John2012
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In the competitive world of job hunting everything depends on first impressions, so it is important to know how to write a compelling letter. Ultimate Cover Letters, from best selling author and careers expert Martin John Yate, describes how to do just that, helping you to open doors to job interviews and offers of employment. As well as sound advice on assembling letters and how to use key 'power phrases' to get results, the book provides over 100 sample letters to cover a variety of situations. These include email responses to online applications, speculative letters, letters to answer advertised vacancies, follow up letters, networking letters and even acceptance and resignation letters. Now including a chapter on how to develop your professional image and integrate it onto your job search letter, Ultimate Cover Letters covers all aspects of this crucial part of the job-hunting process in an engaging and approachable way.
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Imprint:
London : Kogan Page, 2012.
Collation:
xii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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First published in the United States in 1992 as Cover Letters that Knock em' Dead by Adams Media Corporation.First published in the Great Britain in 2003 as Ultimate Job Search Letters by Kogan Page.Previous ed.: 2008.Includes index.
Contents:
1.Cover letters: the secret weapon of your job search -- 2.The six types of job search letters -- 3.Know the job, know your customer -- 4.Develop your professional identity -- 5.Elements of a great cover letter -- 6.Assembling your job search letter -- 7.How to polish and edit your letters for maximum impact -- 8.The plan of attack -- 9.Sample letters -- Index.
ISBN:
9780749464059
Dewey class:
650.142
Language:
English
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BRN:
85575
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| City Library | -Business and IT | BUSIN 650.142 YATE | Available |