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What are some common reasons why employers turn down a letter of Application?
Writing is either too vague or unclear.
Writers use too many words to fill up space. Language is repetitive. |
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What is a good usage of tone?
Refrain from sounding overly confident.
Avoid writing statements that are self-deprecating. Use writing that gives off a friendly informative tone. |
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What is false, unless used with a specific reason such as, "have been influenced by their ideas in some concrete way?"
True of False?
When choosing to say something about the employer, hyperboles like, “I’ve always wanted to work with an industry leader like Alias/Wavefront,” should be completely avoided. |
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What are: preposition, faulty parallelism, use of vivid verbs, unclear antecedents, faulty prediction, misplaced modifiers, punctuation?
Common grammar errors seen on letters of application. (3)
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What are: newspaper, magazine, career counselor on campus, friends?
Main resources for job search. (4)
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