The dreaded cover letter. Cover letters can be absolute torture, and it feels like there are a million ways to screw them up.

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Whether you are resigning from your job because you found a more lucrative opportunity or you are leaving to pursue your passion, writing a professional and concise resignation letter can be stressful ...

Although grant applications will typically require a LOS from either the President or Provost, it will, at times, be appropriate for other entities to write the LOS. For example, you might require a ...

Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us. We assumed ...

Clearly route your cover letter and resume to the right person for the right job opening. Show you can communicate professionally in writing. Reinforce qualifications presented in your resume and show ...

Summer stretches before us, with all its potential for meeting research and writing goals. But if you’re going on the faculty-job market for the first time — as a recent Ph.D. or an advanced doctoral ...

Personal recommendations are an important request and require special attention to make them suitable. If you’ve been asked to write a personal letter of recommendation for a friend, you may have ...

The day has come that you are moving on from one role to the next. Perhaps you are leaving your job because you just landed a new offer at your dream company. Maybe you are heading out into the great ...

Undergraduates need them for graduate-school applications; PhD students and postdocs use them to apply for fellowships and jobs; senior scientists often have to have them to apply for awards and ...