Not just a good CV, one must learn to conquer and arouse curiosity in who assesses your application. Learn to use the cover letter as a powerful weapon to appeal to the interest in your profile.
- Read and reread your letter before sending - Writing professionally means giving no misspellings, grammatical or typing. Many resumes are immediately disqualified due to such errors.
- Mail the letter to the person who can hire, including directors of departments or human resources - Call the company and find out the name of the person you should send your CV and a cover letter. This demonstrates a sense of initiative and to use all resources at your fingertips.
- Send your letter to a particular person and not a company - Put the name and position of person that always knows. The goal is to get the letter to who can hire and, if so, with whom they will work.
- Write in your own words - Make sure that your letter "sounds" writing for him self and not as something out of a book. Your cover letter and your resume should be an accurate reflection of your personality. Employers seek knowledge, enthusiasm and determination.
- Use any kind of reference material you can - It is essential to be rigorous and professional with their letters, so do not hesitate to use all the aids that can and that can help with grammar with spelling and writing letters.
- Demonstrate your knowledge about the company and its business area - Refer to surveys. Do not overdo it, but make it clear that this company did not choose randomly from the phone book. Chose one company and not another because the knows and know what it does.
- Use keywords and phrases that are meaningful to the employer - Customize your letter as much as possible according to the company's needs. This implies that you think the company, its customers and the work that we already see developing for them.
- Make sure that your letter included in an address to response or a phone number - This means putting the street name, postcode, telephone number and / or email.
- Write your letter in a formal tone that promotes as a professional - Your letter should be as close as possible to a job offer and not a request for an interview appointment. What you are offering is what is important, as well as goals that can help the company achieve.
- Minimize the "I's" and values the "Tus" - The idea is to turn the "I'm" in "you wanted" company. What the company has to offer and what they need to create the need to schedule an interview with you.
- Write your letter in order to seem confident person, but not pedantic - If you believe that satisfied all the requirements for the function write it in the letter. Accentuate the "correspondence" between their skills and the needs of the company. In so doing, is demonstrating its viability as a candidate.
- Make sure that your letter provides its recipients some information about you on a personal level - Make his achievements, qualities and experience the most important elements of their sentences and indicate what the company can provide the recipient of the letter. Use specific and concise language so that readers can get a good idea of what already done and who you are.
