Vault.com: the most trusted name in career information

Vault Message Board: Job Search

Topic Name: Answering a Newspaper Ad
Message Name: What's a Marketing Letter?
Date Posted: 06/06/2002
In Reply To: 1. The position may or may not still be open. 2. You should respond to any ad you're interested in ... if it's no more than, say, six weeks old. In the case you cited, it's a close call. 3. Don't send a resume or a cover letter. Instead ... 4. Send a Marketing Letter telling them, first: I believe you will like my qualifications for ____. 5. No need to mention anything about the ad, or when it first ran, or anything else like that. CareerKeysMan@yahoo.com
Message: It sounds like a cover letter. What's the difference? Thank you for your help.

Post a Reply to this Message  || Go to the Job Search Vault Message Board



Recommend this page to a friend