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A cover letter tailored to the job

Add the job and a few details about you. You get a first draft built from your own experience, with tips to make it fit the role.

The job

About you

Tailoring tips

    Your details and your letter stay in this browser. Nothing is uploaded.

    How the draft is written

    The letter follows the shape most hiring managers expect: why you are writing, two of your strongest achievements, the skills that fit the job, and a short close. When you paste the job post, the achievements and skills that share the most words with it are picked first. Everything in the draft comes from what you typed, so nothing is invented.

    Make it yours

    Treat the draft as a starting point and edit it in place. Add a line about why this company in particular, and replace any general phrase with a specific example. Keep it to one page, about 250 to 350 words. If your browser has a built-in writing model, you can ask it to make the letter more formal, warmer or shorter, on your device.

    Using it with your resume

    If you made your resume with the resume builder, Use my resume fills in your name, latest job, achievements and skills. From the resume keyword match, Write a cover letter for this job brings the job post along too. Save the letter as PDF for most applications, or as Word when the employer asks for it.

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