What Must Be Included In Job Application Cover Letters
s a former sales manager specific job openings are very
in the pharmaceutical much in demand that attracts
industry, I received my hundreds and perhaps even
fair share of job applications thousands of job applicants, the
from individuals who wanted hiring parties such as managers,
careers with my company. recruiters and human resource
Normally, people would send in staff need ways to weed out the
their resumes along with a cover unqualified candidates. There
letter. I found it quite would be just too many resumes to
interesting to see that in the read.
vast majority of cases, people
seemed to put the bulk of their Rather than just writing that you
efforts in their resumes with are a hard worker, organized,
minimal effort in their cover outgoing, etc., like many other
letters. applicants will likely do in a
cover letter, address specific
It seemed to me that most cover job qualifications that are
letters were considered as just a stated in the job posting ad and
formality in addition to the give some backup to support your
resumes. Apart from the usual claim. If a job posting states
contact information and the title that candidates should have
of the job position being applied points A, B and C, then you
for, there was usually nothing should also make sure that your
much more written in cover cover letter addresses points A,
letters except for the ‘see my B as well as C.
resume attached’ line. This
casual approach to cover letters Many people reviewing cover
is wrong. letters will look for such points
in order to determine whether
Especially in the case where they will even bother to look at
your resume at all. You want to the stated job requirements and I
use your cover letter as a teaser have a huge pile of resumes in
so that reviewers will want to front of me, then there is a high
look at your resume. One way to chance that I won’t read your
cut down the number of applicants resume.
to a manageable number is by just
looking at cover letters. If the So my advice is to spend some
grammar and content on a cover time writing out your cover
letter is poor, a bad impression letter and make sure that it
will already be in the reviewer’s covers all the points stated on
mind. If I can’t determine from the job posting. Use the cover
a cover letter that you have all letter as a tool to entice me to
the qualifications mentioned in review your resume.
About the Author:
Clint Cora is the author of the book "How To Get A Dream Job In Pharmaceutical Sales - Direct Inside Advice and Guidance from a Sales Manager". He had a very successful fourteen year career as a pharmaceutical sales representative, sales trainer, product marketing manager and a national sales manager. More information about pharmaceutical sales careers can be found at http://www.GetPharmaceuticalSalesJob.com
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