Cover Letters

Articles

• How To Write a Cover Letter: This article provides a comprehensive guide to cover letter best practices.
• When and How to Disclose Salary Requirements: This article includes some great tips on how to handle a request from an employer around salary expectations.

Faculty Guide

• This guide is a resource to help faculty introduce cover letters to students. The guide can be downloaded here.

Student Guide

• This guide contains common guidance that Career Development coaches share with students and alumni when reviewing and assisting with cover letters. It can be shared with students. The cover letter guide can be downloaded by clicking here. 

Activities

• Writing Your Cover Letter: This activity, courtesy of Career Cruising, helps students build on their knowledge of cover letter writing and create their own cover letters in response to a job posting.
• Cover Letter Basics: This activity, courtesy of Career Cruising, helps students understand the basic form and function of cover letters, and to prepare them to write their own cover letter.