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“How to Write an E-Mail Cover Letter”

Filed under Resumes and Cover Letters
Posted by Libraries, January 19, 2007
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Liz Ryan, “Careers Q&A,”Business Week Online, 12/5/2006
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/content/dec2006/
ca20061204636411.htm?campaignid=rss_null

This article offers advice on how to write an email cover letter and make a good first impression. The article advocates skipping the cover letter attachment and instead turning one’s email message into a cover letter. One paragraph is a recommended length for this kind of cover letter. Whether you include your cover letter as in-line text or as an attachment, remember that a good cover letter shares a bit of one’s background but mostly talks about the company’s needs and describes why one’s experience is perfectly suited to the opportunity.

For more information submitting your application via email, visit our eLibrary section on electronic resumes at http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/
career/resumes.shtml#electronic.

—Michael Spelman