How to give your cover letter the best possible chance?
14 December 2010
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Whether online or on paper, the cover letter traditionally accompanies the CV. A well-argued cover letter will impress the recruiter and make the application relevant. If, on the other hand, it is sloppy, it is completely useless.
Below are the things you should absolutely avoid doing on a cover letter:
- Copying and pasting or using ready-made phrases like "I wish to inform you that I am a...".
- Repeating your CV: The cover letter should not be a repetition of the CV but should complement it. Remember to include new elements such as your latest projects or the contributions you can make to the company.
- Sending a letter that is too long, too short, or even worse, non-existent! How can you show your motivation if you don't take the time to write a letter to your contact?
- Not personalizing the sending, or sending the mail to another structure. Nothing better to show your lack of motivation, and that's not the goal, is it?
- Not taking care of the form and sending: pay attention to spelling and style mistakes, mistakes are unfortunately so frequent.
- Finally, avoid inserting it as an attachment, the recruiter will not bother to read it.
This advice may strongly resemble what you have already read elsewhere, but believe us, our clients keep repeating the same things over and over again. And unfortunately, this does not only affect inexperienced people, as one might imagine, many "super" CVs are still too often put aside because of these small details that "kill".
Posted on December 14, 2010
Article written by The ReKrute.com team
Below are the things you should absolutely avoid doing on a cover letter:
- Copying and pasting or using ready-made phrases like "I wish to inform you that I am a...".
- Repeating your CV: The cover letter should not be a repetition of the CV but should complement it. Remember to include new elements such as your latest projects or the contributions you can make to the company.
- Sending a letter that is too long, too short, or even worse, non-existent! How can you show your motivation if you don't take the time to write a letter to your contact?
- Not personalizing the sending, or sending the mail to another structure. Nothing better to show your lack of motivation, and that's not the goal, is it?
- Not taking care of the form and sending: pay attention to spelling and style mistakes, mistakes are unfortunately so frequent.
- Finally, avoid inserting it as an attachment, the recruiter will not bother to read it.
This advice may strongly resemble what you have already read elsewhere, but believe us, our clients keep repeating the same things over and over again. And unfortunately, this does not only affect inexperienced people, as one might imagine, many "super" CVs are still too often put aside because of these small details that "kill".
Posted on December 14, 2010
Article written by The ReKrute.com team
