The cover letter book: how to write a winning cover letter that really gets noticed

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright Page......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
About the author......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 13
How to use this book......Page 15
Part 1 Laying the foundations......Page 19
 1. Why are cover letters so important?......Page 22
 2. Getting the basics right......Page 26
Part 2 Job-hunting letters......Page 55
 3. Speculative letters: your foot in the door......Page 58
 4. Advert-response letters: a winning strategy......Page 82
Part 3 Specialist cover letters......Page 111
 5. Letters of application for specialist sectors......Page 114
Part 4 The 15 most common cover letter mistakes......Page 121
 6. How to avoid them!......Page 124
Part 5 Other job search letters......Page 133
 7. Application follow-up letters......Page 136
 8. Interview thank-you letters......Page 142
 9. Negotiating an offer......Page 148
 10. Requesting a reference......Page 156
 11. Resignation letters......Page 164
 12. Offer acceptance letters......Page 170
 13. Rejecting an offer......Page 176
 14. Accepting rejection......Page 180
Part 6 Pay rise request letters......Page 185
 15. Requesting a pay rise......Page 188
Part 7 Promotion request letters......Page 195
 16. Requesting a promotion......Page 198
Part 8 CVs and interviews......Page 205
 17. CVs......Page 208
 18. Interviews......Page 214
Part 9 My five top tips to make your cover letter stand out......Page 219
 19. How to make your cover letter stand out!......Page 222
 20. Checklist......Page 226
Further reading and resources......Page 228
Appendix A: 250 action verbs......Page 230
Appendix B: 50 positive adjectives......Page 234
Appendix C: 222 commonly misspelled words......Page 236
Index......Page 239