As Ph.D.s, we have focused our careers on graduate education and career counseling. If you’re about to be a job candidate, what follows is our best advice on cover letters.

A great cover letter won't land you a job, but it will help get you an interview.-----Susan Davis-Ali's take: I've hired a lot of people in my career — and very few got hired without a great ...

Your cover letter is a letter, not a memo about yourself. Within the constraints of a job application, you want to give a sense of your personality, not just your dissertation and teaching.

Nowadays, your cover letter is kind of like a spare tire. You want to have it with you just in case you need some backup. We live in a world where 90% of hiring managers don’t read cover letters ...

Tailor your letter to the position. Each cover letter should be tailored to the position and organization to which you are sending it. Keep in mind that the cover letter is often a prospective ...

The job application letter, or the cover letter, is the most important part of your application. It’s the first thing a search committee member sees. Typically, a search committee member will read ...

8 Tips for Cover Letters That Grab Hiring Managers’ Attention. 1. Describe a pain point. Here’s the most important question any cover letter should answer: What problem would hiring you solve?

Kevin Cash has applied to over 1,200 jobs since getting laid off. He's been ghosted 892 times. He now uses this simple and blunt cover letter.

Here’s how the cover letter has changed throughout the years and how to make sure yours is up-to-date and gets heads turning. From a lengthy summary to a short, concise introduction.

Cover letters are out the window in 2015! No one wants to read a boring cover letter. Try a Pain Letter in your job search and talk about what a hiring manager is interested in -- his or her ...