{"id":4957,"date":"2017-10-24T08:51:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T14:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=4957"},"modified":"2017-10-24T08:51:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T14:51:04","slug":"cover-letter-tips-for-creative-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/cover-letter-tips-for-creative-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Letter Tips for Creative Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"smallHeaderBreak blogAuthor\">by\u00a0<a id=\"ContentPlaceHolderDefault_SectionContent_AuthorLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vault.com\/contributors-network\/capitol-standard\/\">Capitol Standard<\/a>\u00a0| October 23, 2017<br \/>\nRe-posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vault.com\">Vault<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"normalWeight blogArticleText translate\">\n<p>Good advice\u2013 on anything these days\u2013 is hard to find. But in no area is it so woefully inadequate as\u00a0cover letters\u00a0for creative professionals looking to thrive in creative careers.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s so wrong with cover letter advice for creatives? In general, it is a call to mediocrity. And for positions like marketing, design, writing, and social media, mediocrity is the kiss of death.<\/p>\n<p>We live in an economy paying top dollar for ideas. No one wants a marketer less creative than their competitors, or a designer dependent on overused conventions. HR managers are sick of reading boring dreck: so pique their interest, command their attention, take a risk, and land that interview.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vault.com\/blog\/resumes-cover-letters\/cover-letter-tips-for-creative-careers?utm_source=WCU_Letter&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=10_24_2017&amp;referer_ID=7778&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=98214\">Here&#8217;s how&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This post was written by Ben Steele. A version of it previously appeared at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitolstandard.com\/cover-letter-for-creatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol Standard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Capitol Standard\u00a0| October 23, 2017 Re-posted from Vault Good advice\u2013 on anything these days\u2013 is hard to find. But in no area is it so woefully inadequate as\u00a0cover letters\u00a0for creative professionals looking to thrive in creative careers. What&#8217;s so wrong with cover letter advice for creatives? In general, it is a call to mediocrity. 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