Catch the employer’s attention quickly by leading with a strong statement. Clearly express why you are writing. State how you learned of the organization and job opening. Express your interest in the ...

Numerous situations arise in professional business settings that necessitate formal correspondence. You might need to send a letter to an executive in the company requesting their presence at an event ...

You wouldn't send a casually worded letter using no recognizable format to another business person if you were discussing competing for a government contract. If you want to be taken seriously as the ...

In today’s world, people deal with most of their business communications through email. However, that doesn’t mean the formal letter is obsolete. Although used less often, a printed business letter, ...

When a friend of mine – I’ll call her Carol – asked me to help with a job cover letter last weekend, I said sure, piece of cake. I write and edit for a living. How difficult could it be to fix a page ...

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Although a well-organized letter may be taken for granted, a poorly executed letter can be the deciding factor as to whether the message within the letter is understood, or even acknowledged. The ...

While a strong, concise, and error-free résumé can help move your application from a bottomless pit to the top of the stack, it’s a great cover letter that will get you plucked from that stack and in ...