You have to know your references well and be sure that they can give a good feedback

Resume references can be:

• Former teachers or professors
• Clients
• Former project managers or supervisors
• Other contacts from industry associations

It is best to check your references before you give them to a potential employer. How ? Call and ask them what they think about you! If you hesitate to do this, ask a friend who can do it for you. If you ask a previous manager if you can use them as a reference they will probably answer ‘yes’. However you never know if this person will give a good reference or a bad one about you.

Resume References have to be able to answer questions on the following subjects :

• Professional Conduct / Personal Character
• Academic Qualifications
• Work Experience
• Job titles
• Responsibilities
• Employment Dates
• Communication Skills
• Oral
• Written
• Strengths & Weaknesses
• Management / Leadership Skills
• Attitude
• Attendance
• Punctuality
• Dependability

You have to know your references well and be sure that they can give a good feedback, to anybody asking questions about your past.

• Make a draft, emphasising your suitability for the post, using positive and active expressions.
• Check the draft for correct spelling and grammar, or ask someone else to do so if you are unsure.
• Write or type a fair copy of the letter.
• Make a copy to keep. You may need it for reference and to take to the interview.
• Address the envelope, preferably one which involves folding the letter and enclosures no more than twice.
• Send the letter first class, but do not put it through your company’s franking machine; some employers look out for applicants who they consider misuse their firm’s facilities!
• Be sure to post it so it arrives before the closing date for applications, if one has been given.

A cover letter is an essential part of a job hunt. Please do not attempt to implement a job hunt without a cover letter . A cover letter is the first impression of you, and you can influence the way an employer views you by the language and style of your letter.

]]> http://www.freshershunt.com/2009/07/tips-to-write-a-better-cover-letter-sample-infosys/feed/ 0 http://www.freshershunt.com/2009/06/your-cover-letter-and-resume-are-%e2%80%9ccompanion%e2%80%9d-documents/ http://www.freshershunt.com/2009/06/your-cover-letter-and-resume-are-%e2%80%9ccompanion%e2%80%9d-documents/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:50:27 +0000 Freshershunt http://www.freshershunt.com/?p=340 A cover letter is an essential part of a job hunt.

Please do not attempt to implement a job hunt without a cover letter s. A cover letter is the first impression of you, and you can influence the way an employer views you by the language and style of your letter.

If you don’t know what you want to do next, it’s best to make your cover letter “all purpose.”

In a job hunt, the all-purpose cover letter can be a time saver because it can serve as a “standard” or “model” or “template” which you can use each time you send out your resume.

You may wish to modify it from time to time, but the all-purpose cover letter is there, already written, often in your computer, when you see an ad you want to answer or when you identify an employer whom you wish to contact in order to explore suitable opportunities for someone of your skills and abilities. The all-purpose cover letter can be used for employers in your current field or for employers in other industries.

When you are seeking your first job in a new field, use language that makes you “look” and “sound” as though you would be a credit to the profession you are trying to enter.

Most people know the frustration of not having any experience in the field in which they are seeking employment. There are particular techniques that should be used when writing a cover letter to try to obtain the first job in one’s field. This type of cover letter “builds a bridge” to a new field. Sometimes you just get tired of doing something you’ve done effectively for many years and feel that a change is needed in order to retain your enthusiasm and interest. But whether the job hunter is young or mature, the careerchange cover letter must reach out personally to prospective employers and explain why the prospective employer’s business is of interest. That’s what anyone in a job hunt must do: reach out personally to the potential employer and make the employer believe that you are serious about your desire to make a career change, not just “having a bad day.”