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Ensure Your Cover Letter and Resume Complement Each Other

your cover letter and resume should complement each other to ignite interest

A cover letter should complement the resume you submit to ensure they work together to market your qualifications, experience, and personality.

Have you been trying to write the perfect cover letter? Do you lack the objectivity, powerful words, and statements that will demand you get an education interview?

Many job seekers believe they should write their job search marketing documents because they are highly successful educators.

Don’t get frustrated trying to write an exceptional resume and cover letter yourself. Have an experienced resume writer take care of it for you. 

Writing your resume and cover letter is challenging because you are not an objective third party who can look at your experience and skills and do an excellent job marketing them effectively. Additionally, you may not have experience in creating cover letters.

At A+ Resumes for Teachers, we position you best to meet the needs of today’s competitive teaching climate. A compelling cover letter can be the deciding factor for whether you get an interview or not.

Consider your cover letter an advertisement of your most vital skills and teaching style and an introduction to your unique personality. This letter will represent you in place of yourself.

Your job search letters need to send a message to the reader’s brain similar to…

“We need to call this teaching candidate. They sound interesting, qualified, and will help this school increase student achievement.”

Even when cover letters are not mentioned in teacher job posting ads, schools still expect to receive them. Schools value excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Careless writing presents a poor impression of your abilities, especially when educating young people. Laziness can damage opportunities for interviews.

Cover letters should complement the resume; the opening sentence must be unique and GRAB the reader’s attention. Schools skim hundreds of cover letters, so the document goes into the “NO” pile if the introduction is BORING. Let your personality and positive attitude shine through. Show passion for your teaching career and the education industry.

Different types of cover letters can complement your resume and help your job search. These include broadcast letters, letters to recruiters, networking letters, letters responding to a classified advertisement, specific teaching job targets, and email your resume.

Each letter has a unique function. Therefore it is necessary to develop the message to serve the purpose. Ultimately, a cover letter aims to get the resume read and secure an interview.

During the interview, discuss the contents of your resume and cover letter with the panel members to communicate your value.

Review cover letter samples and an idea of how they should look.