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Cover Letters for Dummies
by Joyce Lain Kennedy
from For Dummies

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Like all dummy books
  Job searching is a science today. To get someone to read your letter is a miracle... anyone looking could use all the help they can find... this isn't your parent's resume anymore...

• Get started, then move on.
  "Cover Letters for Dummies" is a decent introduction to writing the perfect cover letter to land that dream job. You will definitely learn the purpose of cover letter, and how it differs from the resume. Once you get that part, it's time to move on to another book. This book may contain good explanations and theory as to how the hiring process works, but the examples are absolutely useless. Further, the only actual useful information could have been condensed into a one-page summary. The rest of the book is... more info

• Maybe a little too dummy
  This is a handy reference especially for those who don't know much about writing cover letters and who haven't ever been to a career counselor. It's also useful for anyone else, though I can't imagine that it's much different from other books on the topic.

  The major annoyance I had was with the sample letters that are included, and with some of Joyce Kennedy's suggestions, which seemed more obnoxious than anything. I can see how some employers may find them amusing, but if I were in a human resources... more info

• Cover Letters for Dummies
  I had no idea how I was going to help my friend write a good cover letter until I read your book. The first time I read your book I concentrated on you top ten "do" and "don't do" things for a "red hot cover letter". That list and the examples provided of "cover letters" in your books was a tremendous help.
  It is a must book to have for anyone looking to sell themselves to an employer for a job.

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