Tips for 'Cover letters' ?

[RobODea]

Just wondering if those of you who recently applied for work and got it...what if any rules did you follow to write a good cover letter ?

 

Many thanks !

[RevitGary]

Do not write an "I, Me, My" letter. Example. I am looking for such and such a job. I can have done this. I can do that.

 

Get the point?

 

What you have done and can do is important. But put it into the context of the perspective employer.

 

Example

 

This is what I can do for you. My past experience doing this will benefit your company in this way... etc. Gear your letter towards their needs and how you can fill them.

[mahorela]

To be honest I have hardly ever read a cover letter, I skip straight to the portfolio.

 

My advice......keep it short and personally, I would be much more interested in someones resume if they showed an outstanding image on the cover.

[Frosty]

Just yesterday I had the opportunity to look through some resumes/portfolios delivered to our office. I'm not in management so I really don't care about the cover letter.

 

Content is king to me. And I'm a sucker for packaging. Cool paper and foldy out bits, nice binding and shiny things......oh yea, that's the stuff.

 

Personally, my portfolio is a DVD package. A coil bound booklet made from 4"X6" photo prints and a DVD containing slide shows and video/animation work. Everything is custom made, including printed DVDs, with a very high attention to detail and quality. 5"x7" prints fit better, but are radically more expensive. Each unit cost me about $10 to produce with printed discs, cases, booklets and case inserts. I left one at every studio I visited. "Leave behinds" work!

[RobODea]

Many thanks for the tips guys !