| Your Job Employment Cover Letter: How do You | | | | names establishes a friendly, courteous tone. |
| Know Where to Send It | | | | Another tact is to go directly to the human resources |
| In submitting your job employment resume cover letter | | | | officer, if one exists. Ask whether there is an |
| how do you know where to send this letter? | | | | organizational "chart" or organizational "map" which you |
| Some organizations do not accept unsolicited | | | | could use for your career planning class or personal |
| applications, resumes or cover letters. | | | | research. This chart of map should provide you with |
| Often applicants who address communications to the | | | | the name of the department head to which you can |
| human resource (H.R.) department get a standard | | | | address your cover letter. |
| form letter stating that no applications are currently | | | | If this method seems inappropriate for your job career |
| being accepted. So much for the successful job | | | | employment search, ask members of your job search |
| hunter. The task just got more challenging. | | | | employment network to help you devise and plan a |
| How do you know how and where to submit your | | | | more workable approach. |
| employment search cover letter? | | | | Always use your creative abilities to dare to different |
| First of all find out who hires. You cannot go fishing if | | | | and innovative. To be on the cutting creative edge, |
| you do not what bait the fish like and where the fish | | | | however always be most courteous, polite and |
| are located. To boost your chances of getting an | | | | professional. |
| interview address your letter to the specific person or | | | | If possible contact the department head of your target |
| areas that have hiring authority for the position that | | | | job personally to get you in the door sooner. If you |
| you are applying for. | | | | send your cover letter and resume only to the human |
| If possible address the letter to the supervisor / | | | | resources department, it may well be that the person |
| department head / manager who would directly | | | | or persons who head that specific department you |
| supervise your work. It should be patently obvious that | | | | are interested in may never see these documents. |
| it is not wise to address your cover letter to "Whom It | | | | On the other hand, if you send a letter and resume |
| May Concern". This job seeking tactic will target your | | | | directly to the person that you would work for, then |
| letter to the trash bin. | | | | your chances of getting an interview ill be greatly |
| How do you get to know the right person's name? It all | | | | increased. It is true however that the human resources |
| comes down to diligence and standard investigation | | | | department may feel sidelined and resentful at being |
| and research tactics. | | | | circumvented in the organizational structure. |
| One method is to call the target employer and say | | | | How do you handle this situation? I the employer is |
| that you are doing career research and want to | | | | accepting applications, send one letter and resume to |
| address the letter of inquiry to the person who | | | | the Human Resources department and one letter to |
| specializes in your career area. Get the person's full | | | | the department head. Indicate in your letter that you |
| name and title. Verify and recheck the spelling and | | | | have sent similar communications to each party. At the |
| address to ensure that it is correct. | | | | worst both letters will wind up in the human resources |
| When you do call, introduce yourself, get the name of | | | | department. I the employer is not officially accepting |
| the person you talk with and thank that person by | | | | applications, send your cover letter and resume to the |
| name for her or his help. Always say that you are a | | | | department only. If your resume and cover letter are |
| student or are doing research. The person that you | | | | persuasive and well prepared then you may well still |
| speak to could possibly help you later, and using | | | | get that interview. |