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Cover Letters That Worked: TV Producer
Tweet Share on Facebook April 14, 2011 CommentWhen Caitlin McLaughlin was applying for producer jobs at television stations in late 2007, she knew what she was up against. With only a year and a half in the working world, the 23-year-old had less experience than other applicants.
"I knew I had to do something to stand out," says McLaughlin, who then lived in Gainesville, Fla. "I decided to write something that somebody would either love or they would hate—but it would definitely catch their eye."
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Cover Letters That Worked: Communications
Tweet Share on Facebook March 25, 2011 CommentBy now, you know the importance of tailoring your resume for an employer. But how exactly should you go about it?
Through this new series, Cover Letters That Worked, we're introducing real cover letters used by real job seekers to successfully land jobs. Up this week is Allison Lackey, 24, who landed her job with career consulting company JobBound about a year ago.
In Lackey's first job out of college, she worked as field consultant for her sorority, racking up solid experience in recruitment and philanthropy, and even starting a new sorority chapter. But when the time came for her to look for a new job, she found that sorority work was a hard sell to potential employers.
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Cover Letters That Worked: Marketing
Tweet Share on Facebook March 24, 2011 CommentU.S. News featured Cindy Massey, a 44-year-old Seattleite with marketing experience, in a story about how job seekers should consider pitching companies rather than waiting for openings.
Massey's cover letter is creative, deviating from the run-of-the-mill letter—a tactic that might not work for every company but was perfect for pitching this start-up. The first sentence grabs the reader's attention, and she includes her LinkedIn profile in her sign-off.
