READYMADE JOB SEARCH LETTERS 2ND EDITION: All the Letters You Need for a Successful Job Hunt

by Lynn Williams (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $4.19

  Gaining an interview and finding a job often depends on the ability to write a good letter. Readymade Job Search Letters provides a wide selection of letters that can be adapted for your own use. As well as giving sound practical advice, the book provides examples of sample letters to cover a variety of situations, whether you have considerable experience or if you are starting afresh after a career break. The types of letter covered include: speculative letters; letters to ask for an introduction; letters to answer advertised vacancies; letters to apply for a promotion; covering letters to accompany CVs and application forms. This new edition also provides material on writing effective e-mail job applications and on using the Internet as a job-hunting tool. The book contains useful action lists and examples of job-search letters.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.25

  A well-written letter can help you to secure a job interview. It directs attention to your good points and away from your weaker ones, helping you to create the right impression and get your point across clearly and concisely. Whether you have considerable experience, are looking for a first job, or returning from a career break, you need to be able to write a professional, business-like letter. Your letter is the first thing that the employer sees, so the impression that they get at this stage will stay with them. This fully revised new edition of Readymade Job Search Letters gives advice on style, presentation, the best words to use, common mistakes to avoid, and writing effective email job applications. It will help you to make a favourable impression, inform, persuade and build a good relationship with the people you write to in order to get that interview. It also provides a wide selection of letters for different situations that can be adapted for individual use, such as: speculative enquiries to a company, requests for an introduction, replies to an advertised vacancy, applications for promotion, cover letters for CVs. Punchy and informative and with supporting online downloadable sample letters, Readymade Job Search Letters is essential kit for any serious job-hunter.