For jobs. What is a Cover Letter? Anyone have links or examples? Pictures? I have no idea what this is???????

A cover letter will identify you to the prospective employer and introduces you as a possible candidate. It should be directed to the HR dept or to a specific dept in which you are interested. It should be short, sweet and to the point. If your go to microsoft word on-line like, type in cover letter and it should bring back up some sample letter formats for you to pick from. I'm sure that you can also find samples @ many sites.

A cover letter is a cover for your resume. Basically you want to summerize the resume in a few sentences. http://www.bestcoverletters.com/

Your Name Your Street Your City Your Home Phone February 27, 2008 Human Resource Manager Target Company Department Street address City, State, ZIP Dear Human Resource Manager: In response to your recent advertisement, please accept this letter in application for the <name of> position currently available within your company. As you can see from my enclosed resume, my degree in<major>, as well as my diverse <types of> skills, make me a strong candidate for this position. I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss my credentials with you at a mutually convenient time. Thank you for your consideration. Respectfully yours, Your Name Enclosure: Resume

Just type Cover letters in Google or Yahoo. It's an introduction of yourself and what you would bring to a position. It's a self-marketing tool.

A cover letter is something you write to send your resume along with. you briefly tell the adressee what job you are applying for and why you are the person for that job. just type sample cover letters into your browser and it will give you sites with examples. make sure your spelling and grammer are excellant because this is the employers first impression of you.