New Career Bootcamp

The Cure for Career Confusion

  • Career Clarity Coaching
    • First Coaching Session Preparation
    • New Client Orientation & Welcome Document
    • Research Job & Career Ideas
      • 100 – Evaluating Job & Career Ideas
      • 101 – Initial Research Strategies
      • 102: Innovative Strategy for Evaluating Job & Career Ideas
      • 201 – Advanced Research Strategies
      • 301: Salary Research Tools
      • 401 – How to Research Job Ideas in Appealing Companies
      • 501: How to Choose an Industry (or Industries) to Work In
      • 601 – Informational Interviews
      • 701 – Tech Related Training Courses & Programs
    • Bonus: Do You Need To Be Passionate About Your Job?
    • Resumes, Job Search, Interviewing & More
  • Career Change Club
    • Start Here – Program Overview
    • Career Change Club Payments, Receipts, Cancellation
    • Quick Question Coaching
  • Resume Breakthrough
    • Introduction – Start Here!
    • Resume Breakthrough Training Video & Video Timeline
    • Bonus 1: Career Change Resume Templates
    • Bonus 2: ‘Done for You’ Resume Achievement Bullets
    • Bonus 3: Strategically Choose the Best Experiences To Include On Your Resume
    • Bonus 4: Customized Formats For Your Work Experience Section
    • Bonus 5: More Tips & Tricks for Your Education Secton
    • Bonus 6: Stand Out With an Impactful Elevator Pitch
    • Bonus 7: Five Exciting Formats for the Top of Your Resume
    • Bonus 8: Resume Checklist
    • Resume Implementation Coaching
    • Resume Review
    • Job Search Quick Recommendations
  • LinkedIn Breakthrough
    • Module 1: Introduction & Overview
      • (1.1) Program Overview
      • (1.2) Action Steps & Table of Program Contents
    • Module 2: Discover How Your LinkedIn Profile Can Help You Achieve Your Career Goals
    • Module 3: Vital Settings to Help You Get Found & Best Protect Your Privacy
    • Resume Client Bonus: Convert Your Resume Content to a Winning LinkedIn Profile
    • Module 4: Little Known “Keyword Strategies” and Why You Must Use Them
    • Module 5: Best Practices to Get Your Profile Header to Stand Out
    • Module 6: Select the Right Content Sections for Your Profile
    • Module 7: Discover Vital Strategies to Help Your Profile Stand Out
    • Module 8: Grow Your LinkedIn Connections The Right Way
    • Module 9: How to Build Your Visibility and Credibility with Groups
    • Module 10: Best Practices for Using LinkedIn Recommendations
    • Module 11: Use LinkedIn Endorsements Strategically
    • Module 12: Unknown Strategies to Use the Home Page to Build Your Visibility
    • Module 13: LinkedIn Job Search Preferences
    • Bonuses
      • LinkedIn Breakthrough Symbols
    • Implementation Coaching
  • Job Search Breakthrough
    • Job Search Strategies Overview
    • Weekly Job-Search Campaign Tools & Planner
    • How Long Will It Take You To Land A New Job?
  • Online Job Search
    • Module 1: Introduction & Overview
    • Module 2: Top Strategies To Find Relevant, Advertised Job Openings
      • (2.1 – Part 1) Use The Best Job Boards To Find Advertised Job Openings
      • (2.1 – Part 2) Best Startup Job Boards
      • (2.3) Clever Way To Use LinkedIn To Find Appealing Companies That Might Have Job Boards
      • (2.4) How To Set Up Job Search Alerts To Stop Wasting Your Time
      • (2.5) Is It A Waste Of Time To Apply If You’re Not Perfectly Qualified?
      • (2.6) Should You Post Your Resume on Job Boards?
    • Module 3: Tips & Tricks For Submitting Your Resume & Cover Letter For More Success
      • (3.1) 4 Ways To Quickly Tailor Your Resume To Win More Interviews
      • (3.2.1) Write A Blockbuster Cover Letter That Positions You For A Career Change
      • (3.2.2) Handling Salary Info in a Cover Letter
      • (3.3) Best Practices For Submitting Your Resume & Cover Letter
      • (3.3.1) What to do if You’re Applying Online and There’s a Salary Box
      • (3.4) Should You Follow Up With Human Resources?
    • Module 4: Get Insider Help To Win Job Interviews
      • (4.1) Why Company Employees Will Help You (Even If They Don’t Know You)
      • (4.2) How To Find Helpful Company Insiders To Maximize Your Success
      • (4.3) Unknown Ways To Use LinkedIn To Find Helpful Insiders
      • (4.4) How To Choose The Best Company Insiders To Talk To
      • (4.5) The Most Effective Ways To Contact Company Insiders You Don’t Know
      • (4.6) Do This To Ensure A Successful Conversation With Company Insiders
      • (4.7) Best Questions To Ask Company Insiders To Get The Information & Help You Want
      • (4.8) Steal These Sample Thank You Notes
    • Module 5: Fly by HR & Get to the Real Decision Maker
      • (5.1) Identify the REAL Decision Maker
      • (5.2) Access Nearly Any Hiring Manager’s LinkedIn Profile
      • (5.3) Get Nearly Any Hiring Manager’s Contact Information
      • (5.4) The Interview Magnet Letter Formula
      • (5.5) Interview Magnet Samples
      • (5.6) Get Your Interview Magnet Letter Into The Hands of the Hiring Manager
    • Implementation Coaching
  • Hidden Job Search
    • Module 1: Welcome to Hidden Job Search Breakthrough!
      • (1.1) Why You Must Search for Unadvertised Job Openings
      • (1.3) Mindset For Success
    • Module 2: Hidden Job Search Strategy Overview
      • (2.1) Super Strategy Overview
      • (2.2) Action Steps & Program Table of Contents
      • (2.3) Discover The Two Types of Hidden Job Searches
    • Module 3: Identify Many Companies That Could Hire You
      • (3.1) Define Your Target Market
      • (3.2) How Many Potential Employers Is Enough?
      • (3.3) The Best Ways to Build A List Of Potential Employers
      • (3.5) Job Search Organization
      • (3.6) Classify Potential Employers
    • Module 4: The “Customized” Strategy
      • (4.1) Select The Best Companies To Target
      • (4.2) How To Easily Identify Hiring Managers And Insider Connections
      • (4.3) Best Research Strategies To Win More Job Interviews
      • (4.4) How To Use Informational Interviews To Increase Your Success
      • (4.5) Top Strategies To Comfortably Contact Hiring Managers
      • (4.6) Discover How To ‘Keep In Touch’ So Hiring Managers Yearn For You
    • Module 5: The “Universal” Strategy
      • (5.1) Select Potential Employers To Target
      • (5.2) Top Strategies To Easily Identify People Who Might Want To Hire You Today
      • (5.3) The Universal Job Magnet Letter Formula (With Samples)
      • (5.4) Best Ways To Quickly And Easily Contact People Who Can Hire You
    • Module 6: Best Ways To Find People Who Can Hire You… Or Help You Get A Job
      • (6.1) 6 Quick Ways To Identify People Who Could Hire You
      • (6.2) Best Practices for Using Advanced Searches On LinkedIn To Find People Who Could Hire You
      • (6.3) Unknown Strategies To Find Insider Connections On LinkedIn
      • (6.4) Networking Strategies
      • (6.5) Little Known Strategies To Access Nearly Anyone’s LinkedIn Profile
      • (6.6) Hush Hush Ways To Get Nearly Anyone’s Contact Information Fast
    • Implementation Coaching
  • Agency Recruiters
    • How to Find Recruiters in Your Target Niche
  • Interview Breakthrough
    • Module 1: Welcome to Interview Breakthrough
      • (1.1) Action Steps and Program Table of Contents
    • Module 2: Mindset for Success
      • (2.1) The Art of Turning Interviews Into Enjoyable Conversations
      • (2.2) The Four Hot Buttons of Every Hiring Manager
      • (2.3) Turn Lemons Into Lemonade
      • (2.4) Dealing with Rejection
    • Module 3: Prepare to Win Job Offers
      • (3.1) Background Research
      • (3.2) What Salary Are You Worth?
      • (3.3) Get Insider Help To Win Offers
        • (3.3.1) Why Company Employees Will Help You (Even If They Don’t Know You)
        • (3.3.2) How To Find Helpful Company Insiders
        • (3.3.3) Use LinkedIn To Find Helpful Insiders
        • (3.3.4) Choose The Best Company Insiders To Talk To
        • (3.3.5) The Most Effective Ways To Contact Company Insiders You Don’t Know
        • (3.3.6) Do This To Ensure A Successful Conversation With Company Insiders
        • (3.3.7) Best Questions To Ask Company Insiders To Get The Information & Help You Want
        • (3.3.8) Sample Thank You Notes
      • (3.4) Make a Strong First Impression
    • Module 4: Get the Salary You Deserve
      • (4.1) Salary Research
      • (4.2) Here’s YOUR Salary Discussion Strategy
      • (4.3) What to Say When They Want to Know Your Salary History & Requirements
        • (4.3.1) Handling Salary Info in a Cover Letter
        • (4.3.2) Handling Online Salary Boxes
        • (4.3.3) Handling Salary Discussion DURING an Interview
    • Module 5: Interview Questions & Answers
      • (5.1) Handle Job Interview Questions With Ease
      • (5.2) Interview Question & Answer Guide
      • (5.3) Prepare for These Potential Interview Questions
      • (5.4) Tell Me About You…
      • (5.5) Questions YOU Can Ask at a Job Interview
    • How to Give a Killer Presentation
    • Module 6: Interview Strategies That Win Job Offers
      • (6.0) Participate (and look good) in Skype Interviews
      • (6.1) Ace Your Phone Interviews
      • (6.2) Align Your Experience With The Position
      • (6.3) Discover What the Interviewer REALLY Wants
      • (6.4) Eliminate the Interviewer’s Doubts About You
      • (6.5) How to Prove You Can Do a Job You Haven’t Done (Webinar)
      • (6.6) Handling Salary Discussions DURING Interviews
      • (6.7) How to Close Your Interview
      • (6.8) Essential Do’s and Dont’s
    • Module 7: Seal the Deal (What to do after the Interview)
      • (7.1) How Did You Do?
      • (7.2) Keep In Touch For More Success
      • (7.3) Send This Instead of A Thank You Note
      • (7.4) 90-Day Plan
      • (7.5) Top Tips for Handling References Professionally During Your Job Search
    • Module 8: Handling Job Offers Successfully
      • (8.1) How to Stall a Job Offer
      • (8.2) Job Offer Evaluation Checklist
      • (8.3) Signs That a Company Is a Bad Apple
      • (8.4) Avoid a Mess – Checkout Your New Boss
      • (8.5) Handling Salary Negotiations
      • (8.6) Should You Let an Executive Recruiter Negotiate Your New Salary?
      • (8.7) Ready to Accept a Job Offer? Read These Documents Carefully First
      • (8.8) Accept a Job Offer the Right Way
      • (8.9) Using an Outside Offer to Get a Raise
    • Module 9: Interview Correspondence
      • (9.1) Sample Letter Withdrawing From Consideration
      • (9.2) Sample Letter Accepting a Job Offer
      • (9.3) Sample Letter Declining a Job Offer Because of a Low Salary
      • (9.4) Sample Letter Declining a Job Offer Because You Don’t Want the Job
      • (9.5) Sample Letter to Write When You Don’t Get a Job Offer But You Want a Second Chance at Getting It
      • (9.6) Sample Letters Thanking a Reference
      • (9.7) Sample Job Resignation Letter
    • Implemetation Coaching
  • Contact

(3.3) Best Practices for Submitting Your Resume & Cover Letter

March 19, 2015 by Career Change Coach

In this module you’ll learn my tips to submit a resume and cover, including:

  • Best resume and cover letter document format to use
  • The most effective naming strategy for your resume
  • Should you put cover letter in the body of the email?
  • Recommended email subject lines
  • Time saving tips

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