Cover Letters

Resume cover letter writing tips, plus samples, examples, templates and formats are linked below. Even better, there are links to download a preformatted cover letter sample, example and template in a file format suitable for editing in most word processors. They're free from us, no strings attached, and listed first below.

Always include a cover letter with each of your resumes. If possible, tailor each cover letter to the description of the job for which you're applying, by emphasizing your matching skills and experience. A cover letter might not land you a job, but it might land you an interview.

Besides, employers expect you to send cover letters to introduce yourself and your resume. Even so, when written correctly, they are not as much about you, as they are about what you can do for employers. More writing tips are linked below.

See the Resume and Letter Center for sample cover letters written by certified, professional writers. See also Employment Business Letters to get help from the experts for writing professional cover letters, as well as others related to jobs.

Cover Letter Example - Download
Download a free cover letter example from right here at TechnicalJobSearch.com and tailor it for personal use. It's in a business letter format and of a file type suitable for editing in most word processors. See also the sample and template from us, linked below.

Cover Letter Sample - Download
Download a free cover letter sample from right here at TechnicalJobSearch.com and tailor it for personal use or just use it as an example to write your own. It's in a business letter format and of a file type suitable for editing in most word processors. See also the template from us, linked below.

Cover Letter Template - Download
Download a free cover letter template from right here at TechnicalJobSearch.com and tailor it for personal use or just use it as an example to write your own. It's in a business letter format and of a file type suitable for most word processors.

50+ Sample Cover Letters
For various situations, along with several resume and thank-you letter samples. Free from a resume writer and author, to promote her services.

100+ Resume and Cover Letter Samples
Sample resumes and cover letters organized by industry and searchable by keyword. Includes technical resumes, and before and after samples with critiques. Free from a professional resume writing service.

Building a Better Cover Letter
Tips for mapping it out beforehand, and avoiding common mistakes while writing it. Includes a sample plus an online resume builder. From MyFuture.com, a career-oriented site primarily for teens and young adults, but many of its resources are useful for all.

Career Change Cover Letter Sample
Attempts to "sell" qualifications for a career change from loan officer to pharmaceutical sales, after graduating with a biology degree. A PDF file from Monster.com. Register with "My Monster" to manage your job search, post your resume and customize your jobs by email options. It's all free.

Consolidated Cover Letter Writing Tips
If instead of piecing together tips from the Web, you'd prefer them all in one place with plenty of samples and examples, consider buying a good book on the topic. Click the link above for a list of good books.

Cover Letter Parts
A brief anatomy lesson, from the University of Virginia. Includes tips for writing thank you letters, plus sample cover letters of various types. You'll need the free Adobe Reader to display it.

Cover Letter Sample
Written by Monster.com's resume expert, Kim Isaacs. Back up to the Resume Center for more about cover letters including another sample, plus tips for writing other types of employment letters. Also includes tips for writing Cold Cover Letters (aka job-inquiry letters, and cold-call and unsolicited cover letters). You'd write them to employers, recruiters and networking contacts, to fish for unadvertised jobs in the "hidden job market." Register with "My Monster" to manage your job search, post your resume and customize your jobs by email options. It's all free.

Cover Letter Samples
Several job-application and cold-call samples, tips for writing them, and format guidelines in template form. Includes information-seeking, follow-up and thank-you letter samples. Courtesy of Virginia Tech.

Cover Letter Samples, Examples and Templates
Several cover letter samples, examples and templates, as well as tips and tools for writing cover letters effectively. From the Job Search Guide at About.com.

Cover Letter Tutorial
As a promo for the book Dynamic Cover Letters, Quintessential Careers serves up a condensed version for free, with links to samples, examples, formats, rights and wrongs, and other supplemental info. You may click through page by page or jump to a topic. Offers other job-related, free tutorials too.

Cover Letters for College Students
Yale School of Management offers writing tips and includes cover letter samples.

Cover Letters for College Students
Brian Krueger, author of the book College Grad Job Hunter and Webmaster of this spin-off site, offers various writing tips and includes a sample.

Download Cover Letter Template
Microsoft offers several flavors of free cover letter templates, already formatted with example paragraphs you may edit and save. You can preview the templates in your browser, but must have Microsoft® Word installed on your computer to edit and save them. Includes tips for creating separate sections for your cover letter and resume in one Word document, plus templates for resumes and other employment letters.

Example Cover Letters
Click the links for traditional and email examples. Includes tips for writing them. From Houston Job Search.

Federal Cover Letter Template
An online, fill-in-the-blanks form to help you land U.S. government jobs. It'll work for other jobs too, and it's free. But there's a slight catch, as with most "free" things on the Web: It's a promo for editing services. But your draft the form sends by email is still yours to copy and paste as is, into your word processor. Includes instructions plus a sample cover letter built in the template form.

Resume Cover Letter Tips
Tips about the purpose, audience, content and format, with samples. Courtesy of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Sample Cover Letters and Template
A few samples for different jobs, plus a template that explains usage of the three essential paragraphs and demonstrates business letter components. From JobStar, a career service of the California public library system.