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Killer Cover Letters

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Contents

Introduction v

Acknowledgments ix

How to Use This Book and CD-ROM

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

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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