I usually take the same approach, but spend more time crafting it to the job ad. One employer said that the cover letter was the thing that got me the interview. She said it was one of the few that actually was more than just a listing - it actually used real English.
regards, larry On 11/21/06, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you write a cover letter to follow up on a job lead or > interview [or whatever] do you take the "short and sweet" approach or > do you take the "long winded approach"? > > I have to wonder how the "I've done ColdFusion for 8 years, contact > me" type of letters get received by potential employers or recruiters. > -- The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - B. F. Skinner - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3192 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
