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11th December 2007, 1:46pm
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#16 | | Caissa's DeathAngel
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| Re: cover letter help
Half a page seems a little too short to me but then that's just me. You definitely need to put why you're applying and what you can offer them anyway, even if only a couple of sentences on each.
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11th December 2007, 1:53pm
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#17 | | Hiphopopotamus
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between 2 field
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| Re: cover letter help
think of it this way. you are an employer, you have recieved 100 CVs for a job. each letter is a page and a half, each cv is 2 full pages. would you read them all? or each letter is short and to the point, without repeating whats in the CV. if the letter is interesting enough it'll make you want to read the CV. if the letter prattles on basically saying everything thats in the CV then you'll get an impression that thats what the person is like, longwinded and repetative.
i want something that makes them want to meet me, not something that puts them off me
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11th December 2007, 1:57pm
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#18 | | Pillowpants Moderator
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| Re: cover letter help
My cover letter is a set template I made where I change things in it and its barely 7/8 lines long. Worked for me!
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11th December 2007, 2:00pm
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#19 | | Caissa's DeathAngel
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| Re: cover letter help
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Originally Posted by Fenntastic think of it this way. you are an employer, you have recieved 100 CVs for a job. each letter is a page and a half, each cv is 2 full pages. would you read them all? or each letter is short and to the point, without repeating whats in the CV. if the letter is interesting enough it'll make you want to read the CV. if the letter prattles on basically saying everything thats in the CV then you'll get an impression that thats what the person is like, longwinded and repetative.
i want something that makes them want to meet me, not something that puts them off me | I'm not saying a page and a half, I'm saying 2/3rds of a page to a page, which isn't to me - or employer's I've sent them to - long winded. 2 sentences isn't enough for me to say why I want a job and why I'd be good at it.
Different people/employers have different perspectives, but every guide I've seen in uni suggests a page, and every example given is a page.
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11th December 2007, 2:06pm
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#20 | | Hiphopopotamus
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| Re: cover letter help
2 sentences isnt enough for me either, hence why i asked for help. however imnot going to argue over it, coz its silly. i am right, you are wrong, now lets just finish it here 
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