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Contains an arsenal of 175 highly effective, proven cover letter samples that can be rapidly deployed to cover a wide range of circumstances plus serve to enhance employment candidacy. Offers specific instructions to aid in the preparation of five different types of cover letters—employer broadcast, advertising response, search firm broadcast, networking cover and resume. The chapter on advertising response letters contains 30 sample cover letters along with sample advertisements which they were designed to answer.

A well-designed cover letter can prove to be a more powerful selling tool than a CV, showcasing your thinking abilities, writing skills and personality traits in ways that an employer cannot detect from the more rigid CV

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A guide to resumes and cover letters offers step-by-step instructions in developing job search skills, understanding today's job market, and selecting resume formulas.