A well-written letter can help you to secure a job interview. It directs attention to your good points and away from your weaker ones, helping you to create the right impression and get your point across clearly and concisely. Whether you have considerable experience, are looking for a first job, or returning from a career break, you need to be able to write a professional, business-like letter. Your letter is the first thing that the employer sees, so the impression that they get at this stage will stay with them. This fully revised new edition of "Readymade Job Search Letters" gives advice on style, presentation, the best words to use, common mistakes to avoid, and writing effective email job applications. It will help you to make a favourable impression, inform, persuade and build a good relationship with the people you write to in order to get that interview. It also provides a wide selection of letters for different situations that can be adapted for individual use, such as: speculative enquiries to a company, requests for an introduction, replies to an advertised vacancy, applications for promotion, and cover letters for CVs. Punchy and informative and with supporting online downloadable sample letters, "Readymade Job Search Letters" is essential kit for any serious job-hunter.
Author(s): Lynn Williams
Edition: 4th
Publisher: Kogan Page
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 225
Copyright
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Table of contents
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Why write letters?......Page 6
Writing letters......Page 8
2: What do I write?......Page 14
Four important paragraphs......Page 15
How the internet can help......Page 23
The importance of keywords......Page 24
Don’t forget the subject line......Page 26
Changing a letter – an example......Page 27
Your CV......Page 29
Protecting your privacy......Page 30
Keeping records......Page 31
The three worst mistakes......Page 32
It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it......Page 42
The 10 most common mistakes found in job search letters......Page 47
General points......Page 49
What do they want?......Page 50
Using a template......Page 52
Examples......Page 56
Application form request......Page 67
General points......Page 69
What do you need to know?......Page 70
Sources of information......Page 71
Writing a speculative letter......Page 73
General points......Page 92
What you need to get across......Page 94
General points......Page 104
What you need to get across......Page 106
General points......Page 118
What you need to get across......Page 119
General points......Page 129
What you need to get across......Page 131
What you need to get across......Page 143
General points......Page 150
What you need to get across......Page 152
General points......Page 164
What you need to get across......Page 165
What you need to get across......Page 184
What you need to get across......Page 190
General points......Page 197
What you need to get across......Page 198
CVs......Page 205
Application forms......Page 210
Finally......Page 211
Improving a CV: Before......Page 212
Improving a CV: After......Page 213
Positive statements......Page 215
Personal profiles......Page 220
Career objectives......Page 222
Opening gambits......Page 224
