Monday, 20 August 2012

COVER LETTER A MUST FOR A WINNING CV




Before writing a good curriculum vitae, you must have a good knowledge on how to write a cover letter. A cover letter typically accompanies your CV and explains the reasons for your interest in the specific organization and identifies your most relevant skills or experience. Your cover letter is the first thing your prospective employer wants to see, and possibly the only option to catch a prospective employer’s attention before going through your CV or RESUME. A cover letter designed in a form letter will be thrown into the trash bin. Writting a perfect cover letter is often a big task for most job seeker’s. Research by forum 3 shows that those who included a letter with their CV were 10% more likely to receive a reply and those who addressed the covering letter and enveloped to the correct name person were 15% more likely to receive a letter of acknowledgement and
5% more likely to gain an interview. They also found out that 60% of CVs are mailed or addressed to the wrong person, with the managing director being the main beneficiary of the unsolicited mail.

The cover letter attached to CV is like a pilot in a plane. A plane without a pilot, the crash is inevitable. A well written and addressed cover letter is the pilot; the CV is the plan while the prospective employer is the final destination…Salako Ayodele.
Those who write a relevant cover letter and CV stand out like a diamond in the midst of Gold and a joy to shortlist…Salako Ayodele.

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