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I've never actually written a cover letter before and welcome all advice/criticism/suggestions. Thank you!


"I am writing to apply for the EMT position with [company name] advertised on [website]. I am currently seeking an EMT position to gain experience and develop skills within the EMS field and believe that this position would afford me an opportunity to do so. As it has been a longstanding goal of mine to become a paramedic, I feel that working with this company will yield valuable knowledge and experience that I will be able to apply towards that objective.

As an EMT, I am strongly motivated to deliver the highest quality of care, compassion and customer service to patients; I am passionate about working with people and am particularly determined to continue developing skills working with patients and their caregivers. With an academic background in computer science, I am detail oriented in my work and can function well in a team setting and under stressful conditions. It is these qualities that I hope to contribute to [company name] as an employee.

Thank you for your time and consideration. As requested in the posting, I have attached my resume and current certifications."
 
briank said:
Hi vinylismycopilot,

If you need help with your cover letter, I have found that this site (hxxp://bit.ly/UtsTPr, replace x's with t's) provided me with some great products on how to write a successful cover letter.

Let me know how it goes and good luck with your job hunting.
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Let's see - a URL alias posted by a brand new participant.

Anyone want to bet the over/under on how many of us will actually point and click it?

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For what its worth our career advisory center here on campus believes that cover letters are a waste of time unless requested. They know what job you want based on you handing in the application for that job. Take time to also make sure your resume is as strong and well formatted as possible.
 
Tigger said:
For what its worth our career advisory center here on campus believes that cover letters are a waste of time unless requested. They know what job you want based on you handing in the application for that job. Take time to also make sure your resume is as strong and well formatted as possible.
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Really? Everyone here agree with that?
 
Nevermind
 
PoeticInjustice said:
About as meaningful as this one.
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PoeticInjustice said:
About as meaningful as this one.
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Thank you for your contribution. And while we're on the subject of meaningful contributions, it's worth nothing that the OP's inquiry was never really addressed, other than with a bunch of snarkiness. Perhaps this is why his/her number of posts never increased from 1.

I was actually quite curious as to the general consensus regarding the use of cover letters in EMS... however, like the OP, it seems that obtaining any type of meaningful feedback is challenging.
 
EMSrush said:
I was actually quite curious as to the general consensus regarding the use of cover letters in EMS... however, like the OP, it seems that obtaining any type of meaningful feedback is challenging.
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I would include a cover letter when applying for jobs. I am not sure about EMS but I know at the hospital they would not accept a resume without one.

To the OP, that cover letter sounds good. It is formal, to the point, and highlights your strengths, reason for seeking the job, and future career goals. Maybe consider adding information about the company such as " I feel that it would be a privilege working for XYZ hospital due your magnet status and level one trauma designation" or something. It shows you have an interest as actually looked into the company
 
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Everybody take a nice deep breath and go to your happy places.
 
OP (if you're still alive),

Overall I like it. Short and to the point. There are a couple areas that seem a bit wordy that I might rearrange, but I'm also fairly OCD with that kind of stuff.

As far as the cover letter not being important, each employer will be different. If the person reviewing your application doesn't want to read it, he'll turn the page. I'd rather have it there for him to pass up, then not have one and him be looking for it/thinking a cover letter is appropriate.

Better?

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bigbaldguy said:
Everybody take a nice deep breath and go to your happy places.
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Pssh bashing newbs is my happy place :p Seriously though, I'm glad this got posted, since I need to write a CV soon for the RFP for Afghanistan that got posted
 
Alright folks. Please let's keep on topic and can the rudeness and off topic-ism.

Thank you.
 
Tigger said:
For what its worth our career advisory center here on campus believes that cover letters are a waste of time unless requested. They know what job you want based on you handing in the application for that job. Take time to also make sure your resume is as strong and well formatted as possible.
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Old post, but we don't read (or even see) cover letters on our hiring teams. Granted this is software engineering at a Fortune 5 company, but that should give you an idea.

We can glean better information through a 20 minute phone call, which helps establish two things:
  1. You're understandable
  2. You're not a sociopath
 
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