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When sending an inquiry to a company about possible positions, remember to customize your pitch!
I get a lot of emails from recent grads who want jobs. In a tough market, it really helps to show that you've done your research and want to work at X company...we can always tell if you're sending the same cover letter to 20 places and it just lands you right in the trash pile.
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I completely agree. I was so surprised when I was looking at identical cover letters for candidates. Clearly they had used the Word template.