Cover Letter Book, The

About the author -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this book -- Laying the foundations -- Why are cover letters so important -- Getting the basics right -- Job-hunting letters -- Speculative letters : your foot in the door -- Advert-response letters : a winning strategy -- Specialist cover letters -- Letters of application for specialist sectors -- The 15 most common cover letter mistakes -- How to avoid them! -- Other job search letters -- Application follow-up letters -- Interview thank-you letters -- Negotiating an offer -- Requesting a reference -- Resignation letters -- Offer acceptance letters -- Rejecting an offer -- Accepting rejection -- Pay rise request letters -- Requesting a pay rise -- Promotion request letters -- Requesting a promotion -- CVs and interviews -- CVs -- Interviews -- My five top tips for making your cover letter stand out -- How to make your cover letter stand out! -- Checklist -- Further reading and resources -- Appendix A: 250 action verbs -- Appendix B: 50 positive adjectives -- Appendix C: 222 commonly misspelled words -- Index