{"id":8515,"date":"2025-11-28T10:03:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/examples-of-cover-letters-for-jobs\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:03:47","slug":"examples-of-cover-letters-for-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/examples-of-cover-letters-for-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Examples of Cover Letters for Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me tell you about the time I printed out 37 identical cover letters for a job fair in college \u2013 complete with a typo in the third paragraph. (Spoiler: My \u201csteller organizational skills\u201d didn\u2019t land me a single callback.) Fast forward to last month, when my neighbor\u2019s kid asked me to review his internship application. As I sat at my kitchen island \u2013 coffee mug sweating next to my Target runs shopping list \u2013 I realized I\u2019ve accidentally become the Cover Letter Whisperer after a decade of trial-and-error job hunting.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what actually works when you\u2019re staring at that blank Word doc at 11 PM:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The game changed for me when I stopped writing about<\/em> myself and started writing to<\/em> the hiring manager. Remember Jenny from accounting who always complains about her Hinge dates? Write like you\u2019re explaining your qualifications to her. My breakthrough came when I applied for a project manager role at a local brewery \u2013 instead of listing my Excel skills, I opened with: \u201cAfter spilling hops on my last clean blazer during your 10K Suds Challenge, I realized disaster recovery is my true calling.\u201d<\/em> Got the interview. (Still can\u2019t drink IPAs though.)<\/p>\n

Three things I wish someone had told me:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The \u201cCoffee Shop Test\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 If your letter sounds like it could be sent to Starbucks and<\/em> SpaceX? Trash it. My best success came from mentioning specific company values I found buried in their \u201cAbout Us\u201d page. Pro tip: Check their LinkedIn comments section for clues about workplace culture.<\/li>\n
  2. Numbers are your sneaky best friend<\/strong> \u2013 Not \u201chelped increase sales\u201d but \u201cGrew Tuesday night taco special revenue by 22% through Snapchat geofilters (RIP $2 margarita nights)\u201d. Bonus points if you can mirror their metrics from the job posting.<\/li>\n
  3. The paragraph nobody writes (but should)<\/strong> \u2013 Include a \u201cWhy Not Me?\u201d section. For my current remote work gig, I wrote: \u201cI\u2019ve mastered the art of the mute button since 2020 \u2013 both for Zoom calls and when my Labradoodle spots squirrels.\u201d<\/em> Hiring manager told me later that line made her snort coffee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Oh \u2013 and the template thing?<\/strong> Let\u2019s reframe that. Instead of copying examples verbatim (we\u2019ve all fallen down that Indeed rabbit hole), create a \u201cmenu\u201d in your Notes app:<\/p>\n

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    • 3 opening hooks from companies you admire<\/li>\n
    • 5 action verbs that don\u2019t make you cringe (\u201cspearheaded\u201d belongs on medieval weapons, not resumes)<\/li>\n
    • 2 personality-revealing closings (mine involves a joke about surviving Arizona monsoon season)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Here\u2019s the kicker:<\/strong> Your most \u201cunprofessional\u201d experience might be gold. That summer I organized a failed DIY drive-in movie series? Turns out \u201ccoordinated 17 conflicting personalities + a popcorn machine recall\u201d showcases crisis management better than any certification.<\/p>\n

      Last thing \u2013 and I\u2019m saying this while side-eyeing my own first drafts \u2013 if your letter feels stiff, read it aloud in a Schwarber-the-goat voice. Seriously. The spots where you stumble? That\u2019s where your authenticity got stuck in corporate-speak purgatory.<\/p>\n

      Now go open a new doc and write just one<\/em> true sentence about why you actually want this job. The rest will follow. (And if all else fails? Attach a photo of your dog \u201chelping\u201d with applications. Can\u2019t guarantee results, but my cockapoo\u2019s paw print signature once got me a callback from a very chill startup.)<\/p>\n

      What\u2019s your weirdest job-seeking story? Mine involves a misdirected letter to Trader Joe\u2019s that somehow landed me a gig writing cheese descriptions. But that\u2019s a tale for another coffee break…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Let me tell you about the time I printed out 37 identical cover letters for a job fair in college \u2013 complete with a typo in the third paragraph. (Spoiler: My \u201csteller organizational skills\u201d didn\u2019t land me a single callback.) Fast forward to last month, when my neighbor\u2019s kid asked me to review his internship…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}