explain the advantages and disadvantages of a good cover letter?
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There are lots of advantages to a good cover letter. If the letter is good, I can't think of any disadvantages.\n\nOne advantage is that it gives you a chance to highlight experience or education that is directly related to the job you're applying for. It can also be a good way to summarize your expertise, abilities, etc.
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more important than resumes actually.  they let you state, in your own words, why you think you are best for the job and get you into an interview.  resumes are so technical and formatted, you have no idea who a person really is.  they show no personality, like a cover letter can.  \n\nhope that helps.
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Some benefits include:\n\n1.Reinforce your brand each time an employee sends an email\n\n2.Ensures your company maintains a consistent professional profile\n\n3.Differentiates your company from competitors by providing a flexible communications tool\n\n4.Increases productivity and efficiency by directing recipients to relevant sections of your website, or to a freephone number\n\n5.Enables your company to send targeted and focused messages, increasing brand awareness\n\n6.Can be incorporated as part of a lead-generating process, using Web links\n\n7.Increases customer retention through more effective and continuous communications\n\n8.Contributes to the identification of new business opportunities by making your brand more visible \n\n\n\nI have also included a link that defines how to establish one and what to consider when creating your first campaign.
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ADvantages:\n-easy to start using\n-very powerful if you know how it works\n-itegration. i.e. Excel documetns can easily be made to be used in other custom applications, or in wordfore example.\n-Multiple save formats for compatibility, ie yo can save as html and send to a friend who doesn't have excel.\n\nDisadvantages\n-takes up some harddrive space, very little though\n-very expensive compared to other similar applications-not everyone has it so you have to save to a different format when sending to someone who doesn't have excel or an application capable of reading excel documents\n- macro' and some flaws create a security risk.
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Well, if it's written poorly, has poor grammar or spelling, you'll look like a goober.  If it's a poor cover letter the prospective employer may not read another thing beyond the letter (like you resume).  Cover letters are meant to entice employers to want to read your résumé. \n\nHere is a website with advice about writing a cover letter:\nhttp://www.aresumes.com/coverlet.htm\n\nWHY YOU SHOULD WRITE A COVER LETTER\nThe key objectives of a cover letter are to: -\n• Inform the employer of your interest in the job\n• Persuade the employer of your suitability for the job\n• Make you look professional\n• Build good will\n• Obtain an interview\n• Write the structure of your interview\n• Demonstrate your writing and research skills\n• Offer a little window into your personality\n\nhttp://www.swin.edu.au/corporate/careers/Cover_Letter_Handout.pdf
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The best letters are written from the heart. Of course, you will want to use the right format and punctuation.  Start by expressing your sincere interest in the position and mention why you want it (hint: not for money or for security but how it matches your career goals, what you can learn, and most of all what you can contribute). Next mention what you have already learned in the short time you have been there...come up with about three strong points here.  Then talk about the future, what you bring to the table, how you want to learn and grow in the job.  \n\nGet a good friend to proof read and edit it if you are unsure...but let your true self and sincere interest shine through the words. \n\n(The way you phrased the question shows your personality...go with it!)
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You should mention it towards the bottom of your cover letter.  Or you can also mention it during the interview.
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When you don't have experience, letters of reference would be helpful, especially when stating things like:  "In my experience with XX I have found him/her to be reliable, capable, enthusiastic and willing to learn."  These are very key job skills and if you can back them up with a couple of letters of reference from say a teacher/counselor at school;  your church; even from someone you babysat for?  did errands for?  did some work around their house??\n\nIn your cover letter I'd say something to the effect:\n\nI would like the opportunity to work for your company.  I am willing to learn and am anxious to find a company who is willing to teach me more about managing.  I feel it would be a mutually advantageous situation.\n\nI look forward to interviewing with you so that we may discuss in detail how my employment with your company would be beneficial to you.\n\nGood luck!
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Advantages...\n-a chance for higher salaries\n-be around all types of people (opens your mind to new things)\n-increase your career and future opportunities\n-gain much more knowledge\n-greater sense of responsibilities\n-enjoy your young adult life\n\nDisadvantages:\n-does not guarantee success\n-costs too much\n\nI think college is a good way to really learn about yourself and to learn about other people.  But the career opportunities is up to you, if you intern or study abroad, you have a greater chance at getting a great job upon graduation.  I think it's a good opportunity,  but go with your heart.  I thought college was worth it, even though Im doing something totally different than what I graduated in.
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One of the disadvantages of working for a large company is that your job may be very specialized or specific to one area. This could limit the variety of experiences you get at a large company and could hurt you in the future if you try to change jobs. However, this is not always the case. I think it is up to the employee to request more responsiblity so that your experience will be more varied. Also, in a large company, the mere size of the company and the organizational structure can be overwhelming and could take time to get used to.\n\nSome of the major advantages of working for a large company are the benefits, the name recognition, salary, stability, and access to technology.
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rkrill,\n\nOne should not APPLY (note correct spelling) for jobs that one is NOT qualified to perform.\n\nAnyone STUPID enough to freely GIVE you a spell-checked, grammatically correct portion of a cover letter for a job you aren't qualified to have doesn't know enough to be embarrassed...therefore, your reply would be worthless.\n\nProblem is rkrill...how would you know?
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1\nA CV or Application Form (AF) should never travel alone, it should always be accompanied by a\ncovering letter/email. A covering letter/email is a means by which you can introduce yourself and\nstimulate interest.\nThe covering letter/email is an essential part of your application technique as many employers\nplace as much emphasis on the covering letter/email as they do on the CV or AF. If your covering\nletter/email is not good, they may not even bother with reading your CV or AF.\nGeneral Points\nYour letter or email, be it with a CV/AF or a speculative application (see below), should,\nwhere possible, be sent to a named person. If possible ring and find out who this would be\nand whilst you are on the telephone ask some relevant questions about the\ncompany/vacancy. Always prepare before ringing and keep it short and focussed. If an\nadvertised vacancy does not contain a contact telephone number then it means that the\ncompany does not want any telephone calls.\nAny letter should be a maximum of one page and should match your CV. An email should\nbe one screen full only, so the reader doesn’t have to scroll up and down too much.\nThere should be no spelling or grammatical errors and it should provide a good example of\nyour written communication skills.\nTry not to repeat in the same words what is on your CV/AF but you may wish to draw the\nreader’s attention to anything that is particularly important or relevant in your background.\nIt needs to be lively and interesting and encourage the reader to look at your CV/AF.\nInformation\nCovering Letters/Emails Sheet 2 Information\nSheet 2\n2\nCovering Letter/Email to Accompany a CV or AF\nBefore writing the letter/email you need to have researched the company and the position.\nYou need to know:\n• What is special about the company or what are they known for e.g. high quality\ncustomer service or innovative IT solutions\n• What specialists skills or knowledge are required e.g. IT, languages\n• What personal skills are required e.g. oral communication, team-working, project\nmanagement\nSpeculative Letters/Emails\nThese are sent, with your CV, to companies where there is no advertised vacancy. Their\npurpose is to raise an employer’s awareness and for you to discover if there are any suitable\nvacancies. Before compiling a speculative letter/email, it is advisable to research the\ncompany/position requested (see above) and to assess your suitability for the sort of\nvacancies that they may have on offer. You would then be able to give evidence of your\nknowledge and relevant skills.\nOrder of Content\n• Your address/contact details, the date and then the name of the recipient and the\ncompany address\n• In a letter on the line after the salutation (e.g. Dear Mr….), you should have the subject\ne.g. Re: Vacancy Trainee Marketing Manager Post No E455. for an email, this will go in\nthe subject box.\n• Your letter/email should ideally start with something positive about the company e.g.\nAs (name of company) has a well known reputation for …….., I would very much like to\napply for the above position as advertised (state where vacancy seen), please find\nenclosed my curriculum vitae (or completed application form).\n• Next paragraph(s) should then contain details of the skills/knowledge/experience you\nhave which are relevant to the post. You can divide this in to short sections if need\nbe, or you may have a brief section on your course and then a brief section on your\nprevious employment. Remember to keep it brief and relevant to the\ncompany/position applied for.\n• Strong closing paragraph (see examples in Careers Service or on website).\n• For a letter, leave at least 5 lines for your signature and then print you name in block\ncapitals.\n• Write ‘Enc’ below your signature at the left hand margin to indicate to whoever opens\nthe letter that there is an enclosure.\nCovering Letters/Emails Continued\n3\nFor the correct layout of your lett
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I assume your refering to a college dissertation.  One advantage of doing a dissertation is that at the end of it you have significant piece of work that you can use in your resume or portfolio when applying for a job. Secondly, if your dissertation is written well enough, it has a potential of being published.  And if you are looking into Higher education (masters, etc.) some schools will offer you grants or scholarships based on the success of your dissertation.\nThe disadvangtes are that it is VERY time consuming.  I've spent two years on mine, and its alot of research, writing, and rewriting. You really have to allocate your time, so that your not doing it all at once under pressure, coming close to a deadline. I find that doing a dissertation, depending on the subject material, it is hard to original in thought.
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May be you need to have a better resume and portfolio ( sice you are a designer)\nand also a good cover letter\n\nGood Luck
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Address it to "To whom it may concern", not original but pretty standard.\n\nGenerally in a cover letter I would stay professional.  You're not trying to get your personality to come across, your trying to get your professionalism and qualifications across.\n\nThey'll check your personality fit in the interview if you are qualified.
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Here is a good link to get you started: http://www.career.cornell.edu/downloads/samplecoverletters/03%20pg%2066.pdf
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get a pad & pencil\ndraw a line down the center\non one side write Advantages on the other side write down  Disadvantages\nUnder advantages write things you like to do, the places you would like to live, the car you'd like to drive, the type of place you'd like to worship, the costs of this life style you would like, the types of jobs you like that you think support this lifestyle.  The type of training or education you think will support that type of lifestyle\n\nUnder disadvantages write the things you don't like to do, the places you don't want to live, the vehicles you don't want to drive.. (Include walking, and riding bus, if you want a car.), the type of place you don't want to worship, the types of jobs you like that you think support this lifestyle.  The type of training or education you think will support that type of lifestyle\n\nLook at your advantages list and plan your life accordingly, setting both short and long term goals to get there.  Don't get upset if you  have to extend the deadline of some of your goals.\n\n\nDid I mention, pray over your decision. \n\nThere was some research done that people who write down their goals are more likely to achieve their goals than people who do not write their goals down.