from Job Search Secrets

Believe
it or not you do not need to prick your fingertips with blood and use
it as ink in order to write an impressive cover letter that will
complement your resume quite nicely. In fact, if you are willing to
look at the cover letter writing process in a rather unconventional
light you just might find that the process can be almost fun in a
challenging sort of way.

Most people fail from the start when it
comes to writing a cover letter because they somehow miss the point of
writing one all together. A good cover letter is not a summary of the
resume at all. In fact, a good cover letter merely invites the hiring
manger to read the resume rather than rehashing the bland details that
are more often than not contained in the resume. Your cover letter
should be anything but bland if you are hoping for results. Hiring
managers sift through dozens if not hundreds of bland cover letters on
a daily basis. If you want to create a resume that will stand out you
need to create one that is fun to read. The best way to do that is to
have some degree of fun while writing it. Yes, you did read that
correctly, I said have fun with your cover letter.

Having fun
while writing a cover letter shows hiring managers that you can have
fun with some of the less pleasant tasks that will be required in the
real working world as well and definitely sets you apart from those
boring two-dimensional cover letters that are littering the wasteland
known as the dead pile of cover letters. If you want a few extra
brownie points you might try laughing while writing your cover letter
chances are if you find it funny and entertaining so might the hiring
manager that has been bored to tears for hours sifting through all the
others.

The purpose of the cover letter is not to highlight your
skills, education, or prowess in your field but rather to entice the
hiring manger that yours is the resume he or she wants to pay attention
to over the many others that have graced his or her desk. You are not
likely to do this if your cover letter sounds like all the others that
have come his or her way. Make it sound different, add your ‘voice' to
your cover letter and make sure it is your voice at its best. You want
your cover letter to be an interesting and entertaining read that is
actually true to who you are. Your personality should fill the page if
you are really interested in landing the interview. Of course you will
want to make sure you bring your personality along with you when the
interview occurs so that they know you are one and the same person that
wrote the cover letter.

If you are still too nervous about
writing the cover letter to inject it with your personality you should
change your mind set about your cover letter. The cover letter isn't
about getting the job. That should never be the purpose of writing a
cover letter. The goal of your cover letter should be in getting the
interview. This takes a little bit of the stress off and reminds you
that the job search process is much more than one thing though a great
cover letter can definitely open the door to an interview you will need
to shine in the interview as well. Do not hinge all hopes of getting
the job on the cover letter though or you will find that you come
across far too bland and are held back from showing the hiring manager
that true appeal of your personality through fear.

Cover letters
can be stressful but if you make them fun you will find that you
procrastinate less and, more importantly, land more interviews when all
is said and done. Hiring managers hire people to work with their
companies and not a set of skills. If you keep this in mind it is much
easier to write a winning cover letter and enjoy (well almost) the
process of doing so.