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Winning Cover Letters, 2nd Edition
by Robin Ryan
from Wiley

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Good reference book!
  Along with its partner, Winning Resumes, this book has stayed on my shelf for many years, and still gets used on a regular basis. I highly recommend it. It is useful to get one going through the steps and strategy necessary to write an offer-worthy cover letter. It provides examples for all lines of work, from teaching, to corporate, to entry-level. It offers ideas for those who've been out of the field for a number of years, as well as those fresh out of college. One important idea this book has imprinted... more info

• This book works!
  I have bought two of Robin Ryan's books, "60 Seconds and You're Hired" and "Soaring on Your Strengths." I believe the 60 Seconds book was instrumental when I landed the job I currently have. I practiced my 60-second pitch and I think it helped me secure the job. One of the interviewers told me later that I was "the cream of the crop,": focused on the job requirements and how I could satisfy them. I've been happy at this job, but started to wonder if I could do better and make more money somewhere else. For... more info

• Lots useful advice and common sense
  I found this book really useful and could not stop wondering how could so much common sense escape my understanding before? Ms Ryan's advice is pretty obvious, however, here we are doing it wrong once and again. I can't say this book is responsible for me getting or not getting interviews so far, but at least I now feel confident enough to think I'm sending a decent cover letter. If you think that this book is going to make the process of cover letter writing faster and easier, you'll get disappointed since... more info

• Great, practical advice
  What this book does well is respond to specific scenarios, and then provide examples of resumes and cover letters. I previously considered cover letters to be pretty useless, but after reviewing this book I can see how a good one could make a difference. An HR friend of mine also stressed that a good letter can make a difference. I found the "power impact technique" to make perfect sense. Job hunting in today's market is all about selling yourself, and I think the suggestions in this book help do that.... more info

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