Cover Letter

[montecristo#2]

Originally Posted by floydpink

A friend of mine in HR told me that above all, the cover letter should be completely free of errors. He said that when sorting through resumes, a misspelling gets you passed right over.

If you have any spelling or gramatical challenges, have someone proof read it.
(I think I may have made a gramatical error with proof read).

He went on to say that if your resume is the cake, the cover letter is the icing.

Of course, a proven track record or unique skill makes some spelling errors easier to overlook.

I couldn't agree with this more. We have been interviewing for several positions and one of the guys we brought in had one of the worst cover letters I have ever read. Spelling and grammatical errors, run on sentences. . .

Let's just say if it had been up to me, he would not have even brought him it. Strike 1 for sure.

In this economy, definitely spend some time on this one and if you are a little weak in grammar or spelling, have someone proof read it before sending it off.