Cover Letter Resources – Career Community

Maximize Your Cover Letter

Teresa Scannell, Career and Work-Life Consultant

This video highlights 3 key strategies to make your cover letter more powerful for job applications at U of T. It shows how to highlight your unique skills and convey enthusiasm to captivate the reader.

All videos are available in an alternate format upon request to odlc@utoronto.ca.

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We’ve created these cover letter samples to provide you some ideas on how to improve your own cover letter. Since each individual and situation is unique, it is best to use these samples for inspiration, rather than to copy them.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

• Cover Letter Guidelines

COVER LETTER SAMPLES

• IT Cover Letter

• Student Life Cover Letter

• Admin Cover Letter

• General Cover Letter

Cover Letter Format Video

Learn the building blocks of writing any cover letter in this short 3-minute video. (link)

Cover Letter Effectiveness Test
This 2-minute clip will tell you how to write an attention-grabbing letter by asking some critical questions. (link)

Cover Letter: Powerful Language

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Cover Letter Guide

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