When a friend of mine – I’ll call her Carol – asked me to help with a job cover letter last weekend, I said sure, piece of cake. I write and edit for a living. How difficult could it be to ...

Update your personal marketing documents, which include resumes, LinkedIn, cover letters, and possibly a portfolio. Put your ...

But if you’re going on the faculty-job market for the first time — as a recent Ph.D. or an advanced doctoral student — now is also the time to start drafting, or fine-tuning, your cover letters.

When you are applying to a job, writing a cover letter can be a daunting task. No two job descriptions are the same and; therefore, no two cover letters you write should be either. This guide is here ...

For cover letters, he gave ChatGPT a job description and a couple of sentences with the titles of previous roles he’s been in. “It basically filled in the knowledge of what it knows those ...

Your cover letter needs to sell you as a person, and give the company a reason to want you. It's an opportunity to put your best (and most relevant) foot forward, and you should take it.

Maintain the Right Tone A cover letter should be "businesslike, friendly and enthusiastic," said William S. Frank, founder of CareerLab in Denver and author of "200 Letters for Job Hunters." ...

A great cover letter won’t get you the job if you’re not qualified, but it can make a hiring manager notice you in a sea of applicants and encourage them to interview you when you otherwise ...