Forbes and other job searching advice website are really kean on writing what they call “Pain Letters” in place of cover letters. I am going to tell you exactly why a Pain Letter will inflict you the pain of not getting an interview and why they are a pain for the Hiring Managers who have to read them. Then I am going to show you a much more effective method for writing Cover Letters that will substantially increase your chances of securing an interview.
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Dress for Success and Don’t Be a Hot Mess!
Let’s face it. Humans are judgmental creatures. Most people have already made up their mind about you within the first 30 seconds of meeting you. It may be even shorter than that. The human attention span has actually fallen from 12 seconds in the year 2000 to 8 seconds based on a 2018 study.
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Tell me about yourself…So, you better know thyself!!!
Every first interview, every first date, every first friendship, or every first meeting with your drug dealer is going to start the same way. You are going to be asked the dreaded question that everyone knows is coming, no one prepares for and even fewer people know how to correctly answer. Yes, you are going to be asked “tell me about yourself.”
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