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03-24-2016, 03:50 PM
These 5 cover letter lines make you sound like a robot. Go with this instead.
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Cover letters are challenging, to say the least. How do you use them to your best advantage? How business-like or personality-filled should they be? Do people even read the stupid things in the first place?
Yes, they read them (https://www.themuse.com/advice/yes-cover-letters-still-matterand-yes-theres-a-way-to-make-yours-stand-out), especially if you get them in the hands of the right people and draw them in with a compelling opening (https://www.themuse.com/advice/31-attentiongrabbing-cover-letter-examples) that’s on point and reflective of your personality. Torture them with robotic sounding blabber, on the other hand? Then you can count on the reviewer taking, at best, a passing glance.
What are some of the worst offenders? Here are five:
1. “Dear sirs”
Greetings. Welcome to 2016. Many, many hiring managers are **t, in fact, sirs. When your salutation reads like this, you **t only look like you’re drawing from a template from some 1979 business book, you also risk alienating the decision maker in the first two words of your cover letter. (And do **te: “To Whom it May Concern” is nearly as awful.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/cliche-cover-letter-lines-avoid/)
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Cover letters are challenging, to say the least. How do you use them to your best advantage? How business-like or personality-filled should they be? Do people even read the stupid things in the first place?
Yes, they read them (https://www.themuse.com/advice/yes-cover-letters-still-matterand-yes-theres-a-way-to-make-yours-stand-out), especially if you get them in the hands of the right people and draw them in with a compelling opening (https://www.themuse.com/advice/31-attentiongrabbing-cover-letter-examples) that’s on point and reflective of your personality. Torture them with robotic sounding blabber, on the other hand? Then you can count on the reviewer taking, at best, a passing glance.
What are some of the worst offenders? Here are five:
1. “Dear sirs”
Greetings. Welcome to 2016. Many, many hiring managers are **t, in fact, sirs. When your salutation reads like this, you **t only look like you’re drawing from a template from some 1979 business book, you also risk alienating the decision maker in the first two words of your cover letter. (And do **te: “To Whom it May Concern” is nearly as awful.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/cliche-cover-letter-lines-avoid/)
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