How Executives Can Write a Great Cover Letter

A great cover letter can make the difference in getting a potential employer or recruiter to pay attention to your job application and resume. At the executive level, when you are competing with others who likely also have impressive work histories and plentiful accomplishments, a cover letter needs to intrigue a potential employer so that they’ll want to spend more time reading your resume and learning about why you are the right person for the open executive position.

What makes an executive cover letter successful and gets the attention of a hiring manager? It needs to be bold — and it needs to be interesting. An executive cover letter needs to get to the point, and it needs to speak to the needs of the person reading it. Remember, yours is far from the only cover letter that a manager, recruiter, or human resources professional will be reading in a day. You want to stand out — and stand out in the right way.

And if you’re wondering, “Why do I even still need a cover letter at the executive level?” you can find my answer to that in this article.

You can also just trust me — as a professional executive resume writer and human resources professional — that you absolutely do need an executive cover letter for your job search. Keep reading here to get started now with the tips that will help you write a great cover…