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All about electronic submission

 Cover letter writing is almost as vital as resume writing for job seekers to learn. The CV is always accompanied by a cover letter, which serves as the major supporting material. This should always be supplied with the resume

 whether you utilize traditional mail, email, faxing, or

 another sort of electronic submission. Of course, you'll utilize additional tools in your job search. Follow-up letters, thank-you letters for after the interview, reference sheets, salary history, and job acceptance letters come after your cover letter and CV, of course. If you know how to write a solid cover letter and a strong resume, the rest of the written tools should be a breeze to put together.

Attract Recruitment Manager

Just as with resume writing, your aim here is to catch the attention of the recruiting manager. However, the approach and format are slightly different. Your resume will be one to two pages long and will contain all or most of your professional experience. Your cover letter will be a single page long and will serve as an introduction to your CV. Cover letter writing style should be straightforward, to the point, and able to swiftly attract the reader's attention in order to entice them to read the linked CV.

Tell them what you are going to say to them, and then from them what you have said to them.

When it comes to this style of writing, many people have a propensity to say too much. Good cover letter writing is succinct and to-the-point, highlighting two or three significant points from the résumé. In both resume and cover letter writing, the old adage "tell them what you're going to tell them, then tell them what you told them" remains true.

Buzzing words

Let's pretend you're a materials handling manager for a defense contractor looking for a new opportunity. MRP, lean manufacturing, ISO 9000, and cost reductions are buzzwords in your industry. To demonstrate your worth to your present and potential employers, your writing should use these buzz phrases. Your CV will go into further depth about how you met these objectives. The purpose of the cover letter is to inform the recruiting manager that you have completed them. Two bulleted paragraphs in the body of the message, for example, may state....

• Has knowledge of quality assurance and control, MRP, ISO 9000, QS 9000, and Lean Manufacturing.

• Demonstrated cost savings, inventory reductions, and on-time supplier delivery, resulting in considerable savings for employers.

Your ability to conduct exceptional interviews should be

According to several polls, the hiring manager only spends around fifteen seconds on each résumé and cover letter he or she evaluates. With that in mind, your writing abilities must be exceptional in order for this individual to consider your resume. Your resume writing abilities must be as impressive in order for the reader to agree to an interview. As a result, your interviewing abilities must be exceptional in order for the hiring manager to offer you the job. This long, hopefully beneficial chain of events starts with strong cover letter writing abilities and concludes with work contentment and a high salary.