06 Jan 10 Why Should You Write a Cover Letter?
A little over 3 years back I walked this line. I designed my CV, filled in the vital details, buttoned my shirt, and knotted my necktie for my job interview. But, I missed one thing, which HR head of the business school I studied did not tell me. I did not create a cover letter. My friends who were more into jobs suggested me to write one, but I didn’t.
What happened?
They had their job and I didn’t, for long time, and that is how I realized the importance of a cover letter in job search. Do you wish to travel the same path, and have the same experience before you realize the importance of having a nicely written cover letter?
I hope not!
Benefit of having a cover letter
Why do we need a cover letter? What difference does it make to our skills?
None. A cover letter does not make any difference to your skills. But, it helps you present your skills in the friendliest manner using the least possible words. You need a cover letter because:
- You have to compete with hundreds (if not thousands or tens of thousands) of applicants who have exactly same qualification as you do.
- You have to make your claim of being the most suitable candidate for the job stand out among the claims made by other applicants through their résumé.
- You do not want your CV to remain unopened and get thrown in the trash bin.
- You want to give an idea about who you are, what your qualification is, and what you can do even before your employer reads your résumé.
Let me tell you a HR secret. HR people do not go over all the résumés that they get. They read the cover letter typed in the mail body or sent with the CV and make their mind based on the information they get in the cover letter.
If you are not convinced with what I have said above then reread the entire post and do it until you start believing it because this is important. I am leaving you with this thought, and tomorrow I will tell you about the structure of a cover letter.
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06 Oct 09 Make Yourself Into A Leader
Becoming a leader is different than becoming a manager at your place of work. Not everyone in management knows how to lead, and the problem that sort of manager, is that they don’t last very long. To truly become a manager worth your mettle and paycheck, able to lead a team to success, you have to develop your leadership skills. Developing those skills is hard work, and can take a very long time. But in the end becoming a true leader is worth your time, because leaders always distinguish themselves. Because the leadership quality is fairly rare, employers are always willing to stick with a good one.
Think of what you would expect from a leader, and what you hope to gain out of becoming one. If it helps make a list of each, preferably side by side, to figure out your motivation. These factors will give you a guide to follow. By writing out what you want, and what you expect, you have a good idea of whether or not being a leader works for you. In most cases being a leader means taking a back seat for the better good of the team sometimes. If you aren’t prepared to do that, you’ll have a hard time developing your leadership skills.
To be a leader you have to be prepared to take charge. Being a leader is just what the title implies, you are expected to lead your followers, or your team. The best way to do that is to lead by example. You have to be the best performer, so that the rest of the team can feed off your leadership. Nobody wants to follow a coworker that can’t achieve goals as well as they can. This doesn’t mean you have to be the best at doing the job, but rather the best at meeting goals and following directions. This way you inspire through example, making yourself a natural leader before you ever have the title.
Finally, you have to be the anchor of the team. When the cards look like they’re stacked against everyone, you have to be the person to bring the motivation to get the job done. A leader motivates the team by any means available. So if you want to be a leader, you have to be able to stay positive to help your team get the job done, no matter the situation.
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Gossimer Press Releases
- Gossimer Puts Indian Domain Extensions Up for Sale February 21, 2010
Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company has announced a sale on Indian domain extensions. During the promotion period, domains ending with .in will be offered at discounted price. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Unveils a New & Improved Payment System February 14, 2010
The Melbourne-based (Florida) web hosting and domain name registration company Gossimer has announced the inclusion of three more payment options in its system. From today the customers and the web hosting resellers can use AlertPay, WebMoney, and Liberty Reserve to pay for the domain registration as well as web hosting services. Gossimer already offered Pay […]
- Gossimer Has Opened Its Treasure Chest for Webhost Resellers January 16, 2010
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- Gossimer Invites Customers to Try Digital Certificates for Free January 2, 2010
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- Gossimer Announces Special Domain Name Registration Deals December 25, 2009
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- Gossimer Became Reseller of the Month for October October 17, 2009
October brings another piece of good news for Gossimer. The fastest growing web hosting and domain name registration company has been chosen as the Reseller of the month for October by ResellerClub. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Offers One Year Free Extension on Domain Transfer October 3, 2009
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- New Deals Make Gossimer Bigger, Better and Smarter October 2, 2009
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Gossimer Promotions and Announcements
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- PHP4 Discontinuation - 18th September September 7, 2009
As announced earlier, PHP4 will not be supported on our Linux Hosting Servers from the 18th of September, 2009. Please pass on this information to your Customers and Resellers to ensure that they can update their websites to work with PHP5. […]
- .CN Launch - Coming Soon August 16, 2009
We are glad to announce the launch of .CN - the most popular and fastest growing ccTLD worldwide. The .CN domain extension has seen an exemplary growth since its launch throughout the world. Earlier this year, .CN crossed over 13 million registrations to become the second most registered domain extension after .COM. Moreover, with China now representing the […]
- Live Chat Product Discontinuation - Moved to 18th August August 16, 2009
Based on feedback that we received from several Resellers, we have decided to postpone the Live Chat discontinuation to the August of 18th, 2009 at 12:30 UTC. From the 18th of August, it will not be possible to purchase new Live Chat packages but exisiting packages will continue to function normally. […]