by Martin Yate
21. July 2009 10:10
| The right cover letter can get your resume read with serious attention. Here is a little-known type of cover letter, called an Executive Briefing that gets great results. The only restriction on its use is that you must have details about the job opening and it has greatest impact when sent to someone directly.
Like many great ideas, the Executive Briefing is beautiful in its simplicity. It works as as an e-mail or on your standard letterhead. The job's requirements are listed on the left side, and your skills, matching the job's requirements point by point, are on the right. It looks like this:
To: rlstein
From: top10acct
Date: February 18, 2009 10:05:44 PM EST
Re: Accounting Manager
Dear Ms. Stein:
I have nine years of accounting experience and am responding to your recent posting for an Accounting Manager on CareerBuilder.com. Please allow me to highlight my skills as they relate to your stated requirements...........Read More
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Martin Yate CPC
NY Times Business Bestseller
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