Internships are an excellent way to increase your experience in a specific field. Not only that, but they allow you to determine whether or not a career path is the right fit for you. During an ...

Resumes and LinkedIn profiles may get the lion’s share of attention, but a good cover letter can go a long way toward impressing hiring decision-makers. One survey by ResumeLab found that 83% of ...

When it comes to job searching, writing a great cover letter is key to scoring a job interview. Unlike your resume, which is a straightforward list of former employers, accomplishments and job titles, ...

We spend a significant amount of time discussing the technical aspects of the resume. Unfortunately, we spend far too little time on the one document that can determine whether the resume even gets ...

The basic format of a good cover letter is: -- A three-sentence paragraph up top that summarizes your skills and experience that are explicitly related to the job in question. -- Bulleted list of ...

Any cover letter needs to be well written and properly presented; but a cover letter for teachers really should be as close to perfect as it’s possible to get. Teaching, of course, can be a difficult ...

Your cover letter is like a handshake. It forms a person’s first impression of you, and the way you do it speaks volumes about yourself. And just like a handshake, it’s silly that we judge a person so ...

My son, a freshman at UCLA, recently asked me how to write a cover letter. He’s planning to major in communications, and an upper classman who’s already in the major (you have to apply), forwarded him ...