Job-hopping is one of the most difficult tasks in the life of a professional, no one likes it.  But, then you are forced to do that because of a lot of reasons, sometimes due to reasons beyond your control and wish.

Admitting that you have to look for better opportunities, one of the critical aspects of finding the right job and grabbing it is preparing a wonderful cover letter.  I am sure not many of you would be aware of how to prepare a cover letter and how it is so crucial for you as a job-seeking professional. 

The truth is that cover letters are still very important and not sending them along with your CV is actually a sign of showing laziness.  Its like making typo errors in your CV, which is an absolute NO for any professional.  Typos are something that is looked at with hate by the employers because that truly reflects the fact that you are not serious about your job application.  In my personal experience (I would have interviewed more than 100 professionals in my career) candidates whos CVs are filled with typos have always been either last in my priority to meet or sometimes not even meet at all.  In my articles on how to write compelling CVs you can read about it in greater detail. 

If you Google you will find numerous articles on creating good cover letters, but all of them typically tell you few things such as your language should be good, use good grammar, etc.  However, through this article, I have tried to capture the best points that I personally believe are utmost important in writing a good compelling CV and which I believe would surely have your CV catch the HR managers eye balls.

In addition to giving you some tips and secrets to write a great cover letter, I have given a template that can be used by you in drafting a good cover letter.  I hope these tips and suggestions help you get the right job.

1.      At no cost your CV should be repeated

The biggest mistake a candidate does is summarize their CV in the cover letter and thats the biggest blunder one can do.  If the cover letter had to be a summarized CV, perhaps there would have been no reason to send a cover letter.  Obviously, no HR manager has time and patience to read same set of information twice.

You can safely assume the cover letter would either be attached to your CV (physically) or part of the same email (if sent via email) and therefore, the HR manager would have some curiosity to definitely glance your CV whilst he/she is reading the cover letter.  Hence, reading the same language in two documents wouldnt make much of a sense. 

Rather, your cover letter should depict your enthusiasm and your keenness to join the organization and how your skills would be effective and useful for the organization. In the later part of this article I have captured these points.

2.         Do a thorough research about the Company and the job position

Before you even start to write a cover letter or modify your CV, it is very important to at least know little bit about the company and the job position to which you are applying.  Learn about the company, its employees, its strengths, the culture, the team with which you might be working etc.  If possible, identify why is the company looking for a candidate in that profile, the problems the company would have been facing and how your skills would be helpful in mitigating those problems.

Also, you should be very clear about the role that position will offer and how it will benefit you.  Without knowing the job profile, you may not be able to create a relevant and compelling cover letter.

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