While your resume is a great tool for outlining the chronological story of your career, your cover letter is an important piece that paints the picture of why you are the ideal candidate for the job. ...

It’s a tough job market in today’s economy. If you want to stand out, you can’t just have a stellar resume; you also need to have a great cover letter. But many job seekers don’t know what cover ...

Recent discussions of that peculiar beast, genre, have kicked up some questionable observations, among them that genre has ceased to be meaningful when we have what some critics dub "autofiction" (See ...

Basically, over 90% of cover letters are either average, bad, or very bad. They usually start with stock lines like: “To whom it may concern, In response to the job ...

"Do I really need to write a cover letter? Really??" As Military.com's transition master coach, I field this question all the time. For transitioning military, veterans and military spouses, writing ...