{"id":9883,"date":"2020-10-13T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2020-10-14T07:39:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:39:06","slug":"4-tips-for-writing-tighter-cover-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/4-tips-for-writing-tighter-cover-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Tips for Writing Tighter Cover Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vault.com\/contributors-network\/derek-loosvelt\">Derek Loosvelt<\/a>&nbsp;| October 13, 2020<\/strong><br>Re-posted from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vault.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VAULT<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Cover letters are like first impressions. They\u2019re often the first things employers see in your applications. So your cover letters need to be strong. They also need to be short. Recruiters have busy schedules. They don\u2019t have time to read page-long cover letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally, your cover letters will be not be longer than three short paragraphs. Any longer than that and you risk your letters will go unread\u2014and your applications will not be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, to help you write more concise cover letters, [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vault.com\/blogs\/resumes-cover-letters\/tips-for-writing-tighter-cover-letters?&amp;utm_source=WCU_Letter&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=10-13-20&amp;referer_ID=7778&amp;utm_source=10-13-20&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=112072\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE<\/a> about] four tricks that will tighten up your prose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by&nbsp;Derek Loosvelt&nbsp;| October 13, 2020Re-posted from VAULT Cover letters are like first impressions. They\u2019re often the first things employers see in your applications. So your cover letters need to be strong. They also need to be short. Recruiters have busy schedules. They don\u2019t have time to read page-long cover letters. 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