Cover Letters: How to Sell Yourself

Your application letter is one of your most important job-search documents. An effective
letter can get you a phone call for an interview, but a poorly written application letter usually
spells continued unemployment. The difference can be a matter of how you handle a few key
points. The following are some tips to help you develop effective application letters.

Individualizing Your Letter
Give your readers some insight into you as an individual. In the example be...
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LAND ECONOMY PROGRAMME
FACULTY OF PLANNING AND LAND ECONOMY

The study of economics, law in relation to the environment is the main course in land economy. The course offers the opportunity for a truly multidisciplinary study of some of the key issues of our time. You will need an enquiring mind, critical and analytical skills and the flexibility of mind to take advantage of the diverse nature of the course.

Applicants for Land Economy have a wide variety of g...

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Starting and Marketing Your Consulting Firm

If you are just launching a consulting practice, thinking of doing so, or have been in business for a while but client projects are stagnant, it pays to evaluate your chosen approaches to practice management and consider less orthodox strategies so as to ramp things up. Even in slow times, there are many methods for insuring consulting success and keeping you profitable while your competition struggles to pay the bills. The way you answer four questi...

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