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October 17, 2005
Cover Letters are Influential
With this entry, we begin a series on a survey on cover letters conducted by Robin Ryan, author of Winning Cover Letters. Ryan reports that a top result that came out of her national survey of 600 hiring managers and human resources personnel was best summarized by Melanie Prinsen, a Vice-President of Human Resources, who said: "Applicants must use a cover letter!"
"Cover Letters are very influential," says Jim, a Cingular human resource manager, "and a well written letter can grab an interview just on its own merit. It's too bad most job hunters are so lazy they don't write one.
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Posted by Katharine at October 17, 2005 11:22 AM