{"id":463,"date":"2025-02-13T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=463"},"modified":"2025-02-13T14:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:18:02","slug":"tips-on-cover-letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/resume-cover-letter-cv-guides\/tips-on-cover-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on Cover Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Tips on Cover Letters\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the same font type and size as your resum\u00e9, as they are a matching set;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Address your letter to an individual rather than a department. If required, call the company directly to identify the hiring manager by name;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write the cover letter in the \u2018first person\u2019;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain the link between your experiences and skills and the needs of the employer, using concrete examples;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate your enthusiasm for the company and the industry; describe reasons why you are seeking employment with this company;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proofread! Check your cover letter for spelling and grammar, read it out loud;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In closing, thank the hiring manager for considering you for the job and state that you are available for an interview;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember\u2026 it\u2019s up to you to connect the dots for the employer. Provide concrete and relevant examples of your qualifications and explain how the employer will attain value in hiring you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember\u2026 it\u2019s up to you to connect the dots for the employer. Provide concrete and relevant examples of your qualifications and explain how the employer will attain value in hiring you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":177,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14],"class_list":["post-463","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463\/revisions\/464"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}