What Cam said. Resume's are more generic (though I have two, one that is developer focused and one that is management focused), cover letters should speak to the particulars of the job and the company and how your experience and enthusiasm would complement their needs.
Cheers, Judah On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:08 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, a few people have said the same thing. > > I'm working on it, I already have a side gig so things are looking up! > On Nov 12, 2013 10:58 AM, "Cameron Childress" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Tim- > > > > I'd make the letter a little bit less generic and personalize it a bit > for > > each potential employer. The content isn't bad but I would adapt it for > > each employer. > > > > I'd shoot for something explaining why you are interested in that company > > specifically and why you think your skillset would be of use to them in > > particular. Don't go overboard but enough to make it obvious that you are > > not simply blasting out carbon copies of the same thing to everyone. and > > are genuinely interested in working for that specific company. > > > > It takes a few extra minutes for each cover letter, but it will put your > > resume in the right person's hands faster and shows the company that you > > are not just "worker-bee number 34" but are ready to be a critical part > of > > their team and believe in what they are doing. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:02 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm working on a generic cover letter. I've been putting out > > applications > > > and looking for work. I think I'm finally ready, and there are > actually > > a > > > few local opportunities. > > > > > > This is what I have so far, and actually submitted to a position > already. > > > I'd welcome any suggestions or edits! > > > > > > To whom it may concern, > > > > > > > > > My name is Timothy Heald. I am seeking a position that allows me > to > > > transition my experiences and skills gained in the military and > > government > > > service so that I may return to the private market after a reasonably > > long > > > hiatus. > > > > > > > > > I am proven and skilled in all aspects of Information Technology, > > > primarily focused on software, security and social media. Although I > > have > > > not had formal employment in several years I have maintained my > skillset > > > through continuing personal development, blogging, and general > community > > > involvement. > > > > > > I know that given the chance the abilities I bring to the table > can > > > only increase the productivity, quality and teamwork of any group to > > which > > > I am assigned. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
