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Career Forward: The Effective Cover Letter

A well-written cover letter should be a part of any job search strategy. It provides an additional opportunity to market yourself and can establish you as a potential candidate and set you apart from other applicants.

Use the following template to help you write an effective cover letter introduction, main body and closing.

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Career Forward: Social Media and Your Job Search Video

Social media is a big deal today. In the job search process, social media can help you connect with HR professionals and hiring managers and ultimately lead to career or internship opportunities at a wide range of companies. But social media can also be damaging if your profiles are not professional and geared toward the opportunities you wish to be considered for.

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Career Forward: Job Seeking While Employed

It’s possible to explore new job opportunities without alerting your boss, alarming your co-workers, or burning bridges with anyone in your current organization.

Unfortunately, some job seekers are careless, leaving an unnecessary trail of burnt bridges on their way out the door. Others who tip off their employers to their job search intentions, and then opt to stay at their current position, find that a negative perception becomes a barrier to future raises or promotions—or worse: the employer associates the employee with a tenuous status and begins searching for a replacement.

Here are tips for job seekers who are currently employed, and who want to explore the job market without losing their good reputation—or their job.

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Career Forward: The Tools You Need to Start Moving Forward

You’re ready to move forward. You have the skills, the experience, and the drive to take that next step in your career. All you need now is the right opportunity.

So now what?

This guide will help to move your career forward.

Topics Include:

  • Networking opens doors
  • Job seeking while employed
  • Social media and your job search
  • Working with a recruiter
  • Impress with your resume
  • The effective cover letter
  • Nailing the interviewing
  • Following up after the interview
  • An offer of employment
  • The counteroffer dilemma
  • The professional exit
  • Where Kelly comes in

The Tools You Need to Start Moving Forward

Career Forward: Following Up After the Interview

Your work isn’t done when the interview ends.
Take the following actions within a day to establish yourself as a front-runner:

  • Conduct a self-assessment
  • Send an email, letter or note to each interviewer
  • Highlight and emphasize to stand out
  • Fix a missed opportunity
  • Next steps after follow up and thank you
  • Dealing with rejection

Following Up After The Interview