Cover letters

The last paragraph of your cover letter is where most people deflate. Here is what to write, what to remove, and the sign-offs that read con…

The first line of a cover letter decides whether the rest gets read. Here is what to write instead of "I am writing to apply for".

A cover letter has a job to do, and a clear structure lets it do that job fast. Here is the format that works, paragraph by paragraph.

Most cover letters repeat the CV in worse prose. Here's how to write one that earns the thirty seconds it gets and adds something the CV can…

One page, never more. Here's the actual word count, why shorter wins, and how to cut a long cover letter without losing the point.