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What Makes A Great Cover Letter, According To Companies? - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Ah, the dreaded cover letter. Boring to write, difficult to get right, and you’re usually preoccupied by other things (such as the portfolio and resume, which are also really important). Unfortunately, your cover letter is a company’s first exposure to you, and it determines whether your application is trashed or fast-tracked to the company’s to-hire list.

The status of the cover letter is changing in the Web industry. You may be interested in the following related posts: The Old Way: Copy, Paste… Personality-Free Anyone who has ever recruited for a job has received “that letter.” No Sirs or Madams! Addressing an actual person is so important. We trash generic inquiries (i.e. form letters) automatically. I want to click delete if I see “Dear Sir/Madam” or “To whom it may concern.” The worst thing someone could do is send over a generic copy-and-pasted email in which they’ve just changed your name or company name. Bcc Is Not Your Friend We’ve all done it. Really? Be Professional. Job Interview: Why Only 3 Questions Really Matter. Simple Tips To Boost Your Career And Find Your Dream Job. Interactive CV - Applications and Interviews - Students - Careers Service. Required Skills. Technical Technical or specialised skills required for an engineering career include the study of maths and science.

As with most careers these days, students need to start planning now to ensure they take the right kind of subjects which will enable them to take up engineering later at university. Following is an outline of why maths and science subjects are important. Maths Students will need to take lots of maths subjects at school if they are interested in pursuing engineering at a tertiary level such as algebra, geometry and trigonometry – they may sound or be difficult but they will open the doors to many exciting opportunities for students who take these subjects. Algebra -vital for developing problem-solving skills. Geometry – the study of the properties of and relationships between points, lines, angles, and surfaces.

Trigonometry -the study of triangles and trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and tangent. Science Biology – is the study of living organisms. Other sciences.