Free White Paper Updates Traditional Cover-Letter Advice
Summary
These additional findings are included in the 13-page white paper: -- Addressing a cover letter to a specific person by name can be a big plus, and some employers expect job-seekers to do so.-- Hiring decision-makers offer no consensus on how they want to receive cover letters (in the body of an e-mail message vs. as an attachment), so research on each employers preference is imperative.The cover-letter study consisted of qualitative interviews in March and April 2011 with 20 hiring decision-makers who read and value cover letters.That was a key finding in a new cover-letter study by Quintessential Careers, published in a free, downloadable white paper, Cover Letter Reboot: A Crowdsourced Update of Traditional Cover-letter Advice for Todays Job Search (http://www.quintcareers.com/cover_letter_white_paper.html).Because recent studies suggest that somewhere between a third and half of hiring decision-makers do not read the letters, job-seekers are confused both about the need to send cover letters and the most effective techniques to employ in writing them, said Quintessential Careers Founder and Publisher Dr. Randall S. Hansen.He has been involved in the career industry for more than 20 years.###Editorial Note: More background about Quintessential Careerscan be found at http://www.quintcareers.com/home.html.