Don't Recycle Your Cover Letters

As the crunch to find a job or internship for summer intensifies, you may be trying to send out as many job applications, resumes, and cover letters as quickly as possible. But whatever you do, do not resort to sending out the same cover letter to every job you’re applying to. Sure, you may be changing the name of the person you’re addressing; however, cover letters are a great opportunity to distinguish yourself from the pack. They are a chance to personalize your work experience and to express the ways in which you would contribute to a particular job. Also, you can utilize the description of the job or internship posting to your advantage by incorporating the language of the description in your cover letter. For instance, if a posting states that the company is looking for, “…a person who has excellent communication skills and is a good public speaker…”, one way to explain why you’re qualified for the job is by saying that you have obtained, “…excellent communication and public speaking skills through your Written and Oral Communications class.”

So please, take the opportunity to be genuine with each cover letter that you write.
-Seghel