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By David Urmann

Cover letter is a major helping tool for getting an entry in the interview process. Covering letters at most times reflect a prospective candidate’s personality traits. It is a means to organize and present your information in the best possible manner. It is a letter of introduction which motivates the reader to look at the document attached along with it. This document may be in the form of a resume or curriculum vitae.

The hiring manager would be looking at several resumes and in order to make a mark upon his conscious, you need to develop a resume and cover letter which will stand apart and draw his attention. A good covering letter is concise, covers all the relevant points and is presented in an appropriate manner.

There are different types of covering letters depending upon the purpose and the audience for which it is being written. The purpose of the cover letter may vary from one individual to the other.

Users of Covering Letters: Cover letters are written keeping in view the audience and thus may have a variance in the content and the format.

Job Seekers: The most commonly written cover letters are for the job markets. Job seekers frequently send covering letters attached to their CVs. The employment applications are also sent along with the covering letters and at times, the screening by the employers is done after the scrutiny of the covering letter and resume.

Marketing Devices: Introductory letters also serve the purpose of marketing devices for the prospective job seekers.
Business Documents: Many business documents like the loan applications, contract drafts and proposals too need cover letters as also the executed documents.

Cover letters for job seekers are typically divided into three categories:
* Cover Letter in response to a known job opening
* Uninvited cover letter enquiring about prospective job vacancy
* Networking letter requesting information and assistance in the job search for the seeker

Format of the Introduction Letter: Cover letters are generally one paged document which is divided into four distinct parts. A good introduction letter is systematically formatted and presented in the following manner:
Header: This is the top m0ost portion of the letter which contains the sender’s address and other information, the recipient’s name and the contact address. Below that is the reference or the subject and the final part of the letter contains the salutation to the addressee.

Introduction: It relates to the position being applied for and should be so designed so as to catch the prospective employer’s immediate attention.

Body: This is the most significant portion of the letter. It spells out the interest of the job seeker in that particular position which can be a real good insight for the employer. It also contains the skills, qualifications and past experience of the seeker.

Conclusion: This sums up the letter and also indicates the next logical step the job seeker is expected to take. It may also imply that the seeker is looking forward to hearing or meeting the prospective employer. This is followed by a Valediction which is in turn followed by a signature line. An abbreviated term ENCL may also be added at the end of the letter signifying the presence of enclosures.

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By Stephanie Foster

When you’re writing for your site, whether it’s an article, blog post or article to be distributed, the title matters. It’s what readers see first and what interests them enough to give the rest of the article a chance, even when they don’t know if your site is a great one or auto generated dreck.

But without great keywords, in the title and the article itself, who’s going to find any of your articles?

Which Way to Go?

Article titles can get a bit of debate going. Some like to write them first. Others write them last. Some focus more on keywords, others on making it interesting.

I like to have a title ready, but changing it isn’t unheard of. I don’t think I’m one of the great title writers around, although I come up with a few I enjoy. A good title helps to set the tone of an article for me. I may change midway because the dratted thing no longer fits, but I like having a working title.

The important thing is to craft your titles in the way that plays to your own strengths. If you write best with a general idea, and then pull a title from that, go for it. If you need that title to guide your article writing, work that way.

There’s nothing wrong with either way. The only wrong way is the one that inhibits your ability to write in the first place.

What About Search Engines?

It’s certainly true that search engines care more about keywords than about an interesting title. Keywords are a part of what will bring search engine rankings on the keywords you’re after.

Keywords shouldn’t be your entire title in all cases, however. You should do your best to use your keywords, not only in the title of your article, but in the title attribute in the meta tags, and used appropriately throughout the article.

Your title will often be used by people linking to the page on your site. This helps your article position when your article is linked to with your keywords. Not everyone will use your title or keywords, but you want it easy for them to use your keywords when linking by using a good title.

What About People?

When people click on links to visit your pages, a good title draws them in. Humans do like keywords, so long as they’re used naturally and are relevant. If the title is clever or funny or otherwise interesting to a human reader, that helps to draw their attention.

A plain title can work, especially when people are looking for something specific. There’s rarely a need to get silly about that Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera review page title. Relevance matters quite a bit when people are searching for something specific.

In the above example, you can still make the title interesting. It could imply problems with the camera. It could rave about the camera. When you’re being that specific however, the keywords in the title need that relevance to buyers, not people casually looking for information.

People looking more for information, on the other hand, will probably enjoy a title that stands out and promises a good read. A dry, keyword filled title shows that the article is probably about what they’re looking for, but doesn’t promise to be written in an interesting manner. Keywords used in an interesting way can be a big help in getting readers to your informational articles.

About The Author

Stephanie Foster blogs at http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/ about the reality of running an online business while raising a family. Find out if article marketing really works at her site.