Cover letter

Cover letter is a letter that you send to accompany your CV when you apply for job, whether advertised or when you are sending an unsolicited application. It should answer the question - Why should I hire you? It should grab the employer’s attention and point out why you, above all other applicants, should be contacted for a personal interview. There are two types of cover letter hard copy correspondence and e-mail.
Cover letter should:
1. Explain why you are sending a resume
2. Tell specifically how you learned about the position or the organization
3. Convince the reader to look at your resume
4. Call attention to elements of your background
5. Reflect your attitude
6. Provide or refer to any information specifically requested
7. Indicate what you will do to follow-up:
¨ In a letter of application — applying for an advertised opening — applicants often say something like "I look forward to hearing from you." However, if you have further contact info (e.g. phone number) and if the employer hasn't said "no phone calls," it's better to take the initiative to follow-up, saying something like, "I will contact you in the next two weeks to see if you require any additional information regarding my qualifications."
¨ In a letter of inquiry — asking about the possibility of an opening — don't assume the employer will contact you. You should say something like, "I will contact you in two weeks to learn more about upcoming employment opportunities with (name of organization)." Then mark your calendar to make the call.
Tips to Make Your Letter Professional
1. Research the company and the specifics about the position so you can tailor your letter to the needs of the organization.
2. Avoid using too many sentences that start with "I" or writing in the passive voice (ex. "This experience enabled me to..." or "Through my internship, I was responsible for..."); instead, make yourself the subject of each sentence and use active descriptions (ex., "In this internship, I demonstrated sound judgment and problem-solving skills on a daily basis.").
3. Do not use contractions (I'd, didn't, it's).
4. Spelling, grammar, or punctuation mistakes are out of the question! Cover letters are a reflection of your writing skills, so make each cover letter an example of your best work.
5. Be sure to sign your letters. (Black ink is suggested).
6. Keep your letter short and simple. This is not the time to tell your whole life's story.
7. Have a Career Specialist review your cover letters during drop-in hours: Monday-Friday 1:30 – 4:30 and Wednesday 8:30am – 11:30am OR you can make an appointment anytime. Use good quality paper that matches your resume paper

My personality

I took the Myers Briggs test, and my type was INTJ. Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Ulysses S. Grant, Stephen Hawking, John Maynard Keynes, Lisa Meitner, Hillary Clinton and Sir Isaac Newton are examples of Rational Masterminds. There are a lot of characteristics that INTJ have:
· All Rationales are good at planning operations, but Masterminds are head and shoulders above all the rest in contingency planning. Trying to anticipate every contingency, Masterminds never set off on their current project without a Plan a firmly in mind, but they are always prepared to switch to Plan B or C or D if need be.
· They are highly capable leaders; Masterminds are not at all eager to take command, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once they take charge, however, they are thoroughgoing pragmatists. Only ideas that make sense to them are adopted; those that don't, aren't, no matter who thought of them. Remember, their aim is always maximum efficiency.
· In their careers, Masterminds usually rise to positions of responsibility, for they work long and hard and are dedicated in their pursuit of goals, sparing neither their own time and effort nor that of their colleagues and employees. Problem-solving is highly stimulating to Masterminds, who love responding to tangled systems that require careful sorting out. Ordinarily, they verbalize the positive and avoid comments of a negative nature; they are more interested in moving an organization forward than dwelling on mistakes of the past.
· Masterminds tend to be much more definite and self-confident than other Rationales. Masterminds are highly theoretical, but they insist on looking at all available data before they embrace an idea, and they are suspicious of any statement that is based on shoddy research, or that is not checked against reality.
The only think that I do not believe can be suitable for me is Librarian, other than that I’m ok with other careers, Natural Science, Information System Specialist, Lawyer (corporative).

Resume

I read so many articles about resumes, and I found out why no one called me for an interview before. The cause was my resume itself. Therefore, I wrote few advices that might be helpful for some of you. Some people might know this already, but just to remind you and remind myself.
Professional resume is a model of who you are in words. It introduces you to a person, who is interest in something, and your resume makes you marketing yourself to satisfy that person’s need, and this that makes standards resumes history.
Today, your resume must be designed to fit what the employers are seeking. It does not matter to list all your experiences if they do not related to the potential job. Try to be specific because that what might give you a chance to an interview. Therefore, people who are looking for job must pay attention to what they are putting in their resumes in order to get it. And remember:
• Make your resume simple and clear.
• Ask yourself what makes my resume special then others.
• Make sure that your resume has something to do with the job that you applying to.
• Be creative in your resume, but do not lie.
• Be prepared to develop and explain each line in your resume the day of the interview.