To be a successful job candidate in any field, it helps to have a cover letter that can grab an employer's attention. View our sample cover letter for a military-to-civilian transition below, or let ...

Like the commencement speech, the cover letter for an academic job is a straitened genre. Most of us don’t have to worry about writing commencement speeches (it’s a happy problem if you ever do), but ...

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