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Cover Letters

Cover Letters. Cover Letter. Also known as a Job Application Letter A business letter written to a prospective employer to express your interest in and qualifications for a position. Accompanied with your resume and serves as an introduction to your resume. . Cover Letter.

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Cover Letters

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  1. Cover Letters

  2. Cover Letter • Also known as a Job Application Letter • A business letter written to a prospective employer to express your interest in and qualifications for a position. • Accompanied with your resume and serves as an introduction to your resume. ...

  3. Cover Letter Should be specific to the position you are applying for, relating your skills and experience to those noted in the job posting. Should explain the reasons for your interest in the organization and in the job you are applying for. Make sure that your letter explains how your skills relate to the criteria listed in the job posting.

  4. Job Interviews

  5. Job Interview • A personal meeting with a prospective employer to assess the qualifications of an applicant for employment for a job. • There are a variety of types of job interviews that employers may conduct, including: • Behavioral interviews • Exit Interview • Lunch and Dinner • Group Interviews

  6. Behavioral Interview • Interviewing based on discovering how the interviewee acted in specific employment-related situations. • The logic is that how you behaved in the past will predict how you will behave in the future i.e. past performance predicts future performance

  7. Exit Interview • A meeting between an employee who has resigned or been terminated and the company's Human Resources department. • The reason companies conduct exit interviews is to get feedback about the job the employee held, the work environment, and the organization.

  8. Lunch and Dinner Interviews • Employers take job candidates out to lunch or dinner is to evaluate their social skills and to see if they can handle themselves gracefully under pressure

  9. Group Interviews • Two types of group interviews • Job applicant are interviewed by multiple interviewers. • Typically includes a Human Resources representative, the manager, and possibly co-workers from the department where the applicant would be working, if hired. • A group of applicants for the same position are interviewed together, by the hiring manager. • Also Known As: panel interview

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