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Sample Targeted Cover Letters
NeDa Job's Targeted Cover Letter

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Good Morning! (Good start if you do not know name of key person.)

Enclosed is a resume for your consideration for NAME OF POSITION. The following outline gives my experience and qualifications for your advertised position.

You Want My Accomplishments
Program Coordinator Executive Director, non-profit child-care advocacy agency, administered training programs, awarded training grants ($150,000), chaired two state conventions (600 attendees). Charter board member of GATE and county Legal Aid Corporation (also served as chair).
Administrative Skills/
Professional Relations
Worked with professional and clerical staffs. Member/Officer professional organizations including (name one or two)
Creativity Work with varied audiences brings wide range of ideas and methods. Developed radio series for International Year of the Family. Developed innovative training formats for child-care advocacy group.
Public Relations Marketed programs on radio and TV talk shows. Wrote consumer column and feature stories for local newspaper.

I look forward to discussing this information further in an interview.

Sincerely,

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NeDa Job

Enclosure

(The acronym, GATE, should be spelled out if you even think your reader will not know what that means. )

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