Cover Letter No-Nos
Perhaps inadvertently proving that employers do read cover letters, FINS.com has a roundup of things employers and staffing agency execs have seen in cover letters that killed that applicant’s chances at a job.
Tops on the list: Not including a cover letter. One recruiter recalled a letter he got that made Twitter’s 140-character limit look like a novel: “Here’s my resume. Call me. [Phone number].”
Another dealbreaker: Awkward or ambiguous language. “My name is xxx. I am pretty interested in the IT analyst position at Just Military Loans,” one letter said.
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