Coverletters

It was helpful to read these articles about cover letters. I was surprised that not many people read the cover letter. The author of the first article shares that he has only read about ten thousand out of sixty thousand cover letters. It was insightful to know that the cover letter should be about the company instead of yourself. This would be a good way to cover grounds with the company by showing them that you know about their company and are interested in them. I was also surprised to find out that mass mailing, e-mailing, and posting cover letters has low odds for success. I thought that it was helpful to do that but according to the first article it is not. The checklist was a good reminder of all the things that you need to include in your cover letter in order for it to be complete. The Sample Cover Letter was also good to look at because it was a visual of what a cover letter should look like. Overall, I found these readings very useful and informative for writing cover letters.