Cover Letters & Communications Archives

How To Prepare For A Panel Interview

Companies frequently use panel interviews to make the hiring process more efficient and less costly. Here’s how to best prepare for a panel interview.

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Job Seeker Books by Expert Resume Writers & Career Coaches

CDI’s members, professional resume writers, career coaches, and career professionals, have authored books and e-books for job seekers, some free

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CDI's Cover Letter Poll + Strategies for Success

Cover Letters: Poll Shows They Still Count + Strategies to Succeed

Recently the Wall Street Journal published the article, Job Hunters Take A Stand: We’re Not Writing Cover Letters. While truly

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4 Writing Hacks that Will Transform Your Cover Letter

Cover letters are meant to complement your resume and provide the reader with more insight into your value + qualifications

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What’s Your Superpower? (Or Knowing Your Strengths and Leveraging Them) Part 2

In a previous post we showed you how to focus on your strengths. That’s a pretty powerful feeling. But it’s not just a feeling.

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What’s Your Superpower? (Or Knowing Your Strengths and Leveraging Them) Part 1

“What? I have no Superpowers!” you say. “I can’t scale tall buildings using my sticky web-fingers like Spiderman.

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Where You Should Work as a Student for Great Grad Jobs Later

Take a quick scan of a variety of job descriptions on Monster or Indeed and you’re likely to discover that soft skills are in high demand. Where’s the best place to hone these needed skills?

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Cover Letters That Hit the Mark

Should you or shouldn’t you send a cover letter with your resume? It depends.

If your idea of a cover letter is something that basically says, “Here’s my resume—I hope you like it,” don’t bother! Unless you find a way to engage the attention and interest of the reader (employer), you’re wasting your time and theirs.

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4 Ways to Jazz Up Your Cover Letter

Face it, if you’re falling asleep writing your cover letter, you’re going to put your reader to sleep as well. So have some fun with it! Here are four tips to help you with that.

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