Employment Guide

Don't get a job just because you can't write a good employment cover letter?

Do you think that someone else less capable than you is getting employed just because his cover letter was better than your's?

Maybe yes because cover letters play a very vital role in your job employment.

Cover letters actually let the reader read your mind!!

Here are 11 Tips on writing a good, professional Employment Cover Letter. These are some basic tips. You will find complete set of tips with tips on stylizing your employment cover letter in my website.

1.An employment cover letter should create interest in the reader to go through your resume.

2.Don’t make your employment cover letter very long. The reader might just not read it after seeing such a long letter. Express more in less words. Don’t make your letter repetitive.

3.Tell them what you will do for the company and how willing you are to help the company and how you will help them. Don’t write a big essay on how you will do that, make it a small paragraph. Tell the company what you specialize in and how a professional like you will help the company.

4.Show them how interested and willing you are to help the company through the employment cover letter. Get all the information about the company and show how enthusiastic you are towards the company.

5.Try making your employment cover letter as different as possible. The reader will have hundreds of cover letters to read. So its quite understandable that he will just have a look at the cover letter and select you if he thinks you are among the best. So try to tell him that you are the best in every possible way.

6.Don’t take your employment cover letter lightly. It’s the key to your employment and thus your success. Be creative, get involved in it. Dedicate yourself. Show how enthusiastic you are.

7.Don't brag too much about yourself. Be genuine and straightforward.Show that interest.

8.If the employment cover letter is communicative, straightforward and good looking, the reader instantly comes to know that you are motivated and get involved in your work very well. Also tell them what you will do if you are employed. How you will help the company grow your knowledge and talents.

9.Tell them about your qualifications and the extra courses in your employment cover letter, if you have done any.

10.And yes, be careful about not making any grammatical mistakes.

11.Your employment cover letter should not possess too many colors or graphics. That makes it seem unprofessional.

More Tips on writing employment cover letters...

1.An employment cover letter should convince the employer to go through your resume.

2.You should try to show your interest in the company you want to work for.For eg.Andrew wrote in his employment cover letter-"I have heard about Infosys a lot and would be delighted to work for it."

3.Be very specific about what kind of job do you need.

Why is an employment cover letter so important?

An employment cover letter is very important because that is what the employer refers as a summary to the resume.(its obvious he wont read the whole resume cause he has hundreds of resumes waiting for him)So we should be creative at writing employment cover letters and not take cover letters lightly.

An employment cover letter elaborates your nature- If you have written the cover letter well, it shows that you are creative and hardworking.

Great tips on Stylizing your employment cover letter

1.An attractive employment cover letter grabs attention, but one which is too much decorated with bright colors and unreadable text seems cheap, at least in the case of cover letters.(I really mean it!)

2.There can be some amount of color. For example,for the titles, sub-titles, personal details,etc. different colors might be used.

3.But yes, if you are opting for a graphical designer,or any kinda of designer, you may use graphics to enhance your talent in designing.

4.But still, the text should be readable and there should be some level of professionalism in the letter.

5.Leave margins around the page.