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ITT: I suck at job hunting, do you?
Elizzybeth:
Dittoing Rizzo's last point. I've gotten jobs based solely on the strength of my cover letter (i.e. my boss has said, "We don't usually hire X kind of people [my age, my experience, whatever], but your cover letter was so good...").
Lunchbox:
I've had that too! I tend to make my cover letters a bit personal, with some lame jokes thrown in. One place told me at the interview that it was my cover letter that got me there. I don't think I got that job, though.
Emaline:
I don't have a cover letter for my resume. I really need to come up with one because I'm gonna apply at some super fancy bakeries soon. I have no idea what to put in it though.
Blue Kitty:
Only once have I had to use a cover letter, which was all kinds of awkward for me to make.
That reminds me, I need to remake my resume
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: Emaline on 02 Jul 2010, 10:50 ---I don't have a cover letter for my resume. I really need to come up with one because I'm gonna apply at some super fancy bakeries soon. I have no idea what to put in it though.
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If they're anything like the ones here, then you highlight bits of your CV/resume that are suitable for the job, expand on your experience and mention things not in your CV that would help.
I don't know your experience but I can imagine a person applying to a bakery writing something like:
--- Quote ---I have worked at Morestone's Bakery for 5 years. I was promoted to Senior Baker in my first year and I won "Baker of the Year" for the Timbuktu branch 3 times.
blah...blah...
My team working skills are shown by...
--- End quote ---
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You have to cover everything mentioned in the Person Specification and all the implied/common points (e.g. being reliable, committed, etc).
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