Jerry Lee applied to Accenture in 2016. He also landed a job at Google and took it, but shared the cover letter that worked for Accenture. He used an unconventional format for his cover letter: a ...

As Ph.D.s, we have focused our careers on graduate education and career counseling. If you’re about to be a job candidate, what follows is our best advice on cover letters.

L ike the commencement speech, the cover letter for an academic job is a straitened genre. Most of us don’t have to worry about writing commencement speeches (it’s a happy problem if you ever ...

A compelling cover letter should complement your CV as ... “For example, ... “In an increasingly competitive jobs market, a cover letter is a graduate’s opportunity to grab a ...

A cover letter should be "businesslike, friendly and enthusiastic," said William S. Frank, founder of CareerLab in Denver and author of "200 Letters for Job Hunters." ...