Job Cover Letters - The Secret About Them That Will Shock You!

Every job seeker scurries around frantically making sure their resume is the best "work of art" they have ever created. The Truth is that the attention grabbing power is really all in in the Job Cover Letters! Not the resume. Most people don't understand this little know fact and just whip something up to stick on the front of the resume.
Grossly underestimated, your resume cover letter is actually the "Sales" letter, the attention grabber, the "hey, I need to know more about this guy", which when done properly can send your resume package to the head of the line not into the trash, barely read. If you take the time to think about it, it makes perfect sense! The resume is NOT the first thing that the hiring manager reads, it is of course the Cover Letter, so like any other sales piece you have about 5 seconds to grab their attention, after all they have a lot of resumes to get through!
What are your options when it comes to the cover letter, you can do it yourself, or you can hire a professional and hope that they are as "professional" as they claim to be, either way you need some kind of professional help to get the job done right!
What is the cost if you get it wrong? A sparkling, interview getting, cover letter is a tricky beast even for the so called experts, most of them don't get it either, yet charge for the privilege to make you think they do! Job Cover Letters don't need to be hard to do or time consuming if done in the right way! Take out your calculator and figure out what it will ultimately cost you if you don't get a job right away, After One week, after two, after one month, the average job search now takes 9 months and that number may be going up! Better to do everything in your power to do it right the first time! If you spend N1,600 a week , a nine month job search will cost you - N52,400 , yikes!
There are 5 Basic things you need in your letter:
1.Target a Specific Employer - Tailor the letter to what the company needs!
2.Address it to a Specific Person at that Specific Company - If you don't know call up and Ask! 3.Needs to Provide Important Details that the Resume Does Not - It's not the Resume after all! 4.State The Specific Action Step you will be Taking Next - People like to know what is going to happen next!
5.Ask for The Interview - Ask and you shall receive!
The BEST part is that truly spectacular Job Cover Letters can be written in under 4 minutes!