{"id":50,"date":"2015-06-20T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T17:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:40:37","slug":"cover-letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/information-for\/students\/resumecover-letter\/cover-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cover letter is a letter written by you that normally accompanies your resume when you are applying for a job.\u00a0 In looking for employment, at times you will see job announcements that will ask you to send a cover letter along with your resume.<\/p>\n<p>A good cover letter sets the stage for the reader to accept your resume as something special.\u00a0 In writing a cover letter you want it\u00a0look as professional\u00a0as your resume.<\/p>\n<h2>Cover Letter Samples<\/h2>\n<p>Cover Letter #1 &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/06\/Cover_Letter_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paragraph Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cover Letter #2 &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/06\/Cover_Letter_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bullet Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cover Letter #3 &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/06\/Cover_Letter_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comparison Style<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cover Letter Templates<\/h2>\n<p>Use the templates below to start your own cover letter.\u00a0 You will need MS Word in order to use the templates below.\u00a0 Click on the link below, then go to &#8220;File&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0scroll down to\u00a0 &#8220;Save As&#8221;\u00a0then save your resume onto a disk or USB drive.<\/p>\n<p>General Cover Letter &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/06\/Cover_Letter_Resume.doc\">Resume<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General Cover Letter &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/06\/Cover_Letter_Entry_Level.doc\"> Entry Level<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General Cover Letter &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/06\/Cover_Letter_Manager.doc\">Manager<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cover Letter Resource<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/GetMyFuture\/Employment\/resumes.aspx\">GetMyFuture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/workbloom.com\/cover-letter\/cover-letter-samples.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Work Bloom<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Samples of cover letters organized by industry<\/p>\n<h2>Career Center<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You can visit the Career Center and review cover letter books in the career center library.<\/li>\n<li>Once you have a cover letter written, you can make an appointment with a Career Counselor to have you cover letter reviewed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cover letter is a letter written by you that normally accompanies your resume when you are applying for a job.\u00a0 In looking for employment, at times you will see&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/careercenter\/information-for\/students\/resumecover-letter\/cover-letters\/\">Continue Reading<span> Cover Letters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":471,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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