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Cover Letters


ARTICLES

Rossheim, John
"Cover Letters Build the Case for 50-Plus Workers"
Career Advice Newsletter, Monster.com, June 20, 2006
http://careersat50.monster.com/articles/cover-letters-for-older-workers/?WT.mc_n=MNL000257#

BOOKS

Besson, Taunee
Cover Letters (National Business Employment Weekly Career Guides)
Learn to customize letters, respond to a want ad, contact an executive search firm, or contact a group of companies at once.
Wiley, Third edition, 1999

Enelow, Wendy S.
201 Winning Cover Letters For $100,000+ Jobs: Cover Letters That Can Change Your Life!
Includes a fabulous collection of cover letters drawn from 33 different career fields and keywords for each field. Discusses types of job search letters.
Impact Publications, 1998

Kaplan, Robbie Miller
How to Say It in Your Job Search
Provides guidance on cover letters, resumes, and interviews.
Prentice Hall Press, First edition, 2001

Kaplan, Robbie Miller
Sure-Hire Cover Letters
Amacom Books, 1994

Krannich, Ronald & Caryl
Dynamite Cover Letters: And Other Great Job Search Letters
Outlines the major principles for writing outstanding cover letters.
Impact Publications, Second edition, 1994

Kusmark, Louise; Enelow, Wendy
Cover Letter Magic: Trade Secrets of Professional Resume Writers
JIST Works; 3rd edition, 2006

Online Resources

College Grad.com - www.collegegrad.com/coverletters/

Job Smart - http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/cletters.php

Minnesota Work Force Center - http://www.deed.state.mn.us/cjs/letters.htm

Monster.com - http://resume.monster.com/archives/coverletter/

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Writing Center - http://www.wecc.rpi.edu/cover_letter.html

The Riley Guide - http://www.rileyguide.com/cover.html

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