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October 02, 2005
2-Column Letter Format Proves Successful
One of my former students describes her success in using the two-column format for her cover letter: "Several months ago, you referred me to your Web site where there was a sample of a cover letter using a 'you require/I offer' table format. Believe it or not, I sent in my resume along with a cover letter in this format to a job that was posted on Monster.com, and I actually got an interview!! The position is with [name of company], and I can't even imagine how many applicants they had. When I went in for the interview, the person that I met with complimented me on the cover letter and actually said that that's what got me in the door ahead of so many others!"
You can see three sample letters in a two-column format: Sample 1, Sample 2, and Sample 3.
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Posted by Katharine at October 2, 2005 12:05 AM