You don't want to look unorganized and you certainly don't want to bug her with lots of emails, but you really want to send her that letter! So what could you say in that cover letter for your letter of recommendation that would make a good impression?

Lee (not his real name), found himself in that type of situation, and so he wrote in with this question.

Susan,
I recently applied for a position online. The prospective employer asked for references, which I supplied. I have just received a letter of recommendation from one of those references, and would like to know how to compose a good cover letter to send along with the letter of recommendation to the prospective employer.

By the way, I spoke to the recruiter directly, and she informed me that there are 235 prospective applicants for this position. I would like to at least be granted an interview.

Thanks for your help,
Lee

Cover Letter for Letter of Recommendation

I sent Lee's question to Beth Brown, a senior Resume Writer on my team. Beth has been writing resumes and cover letters since 1995, so I knew she'd have a good take on how to write a cover letter for a letter of recommendation. Here's Beth's answer:

Hello Lee,
A good cover letter should be brief and simple. Since you have spoken to the recruiter, you have the opportunity to be more personable and direct. Be enthusiastic and professional, while also reminding her of the connection you have already made in your previous conversation.

If you send the letter directly to her, begin with “Thank you for speaking with me about the ‘x’ position,” in this way reminding her of your conversation. You should then explain that you are now sending a letter of recommendation to include in the packet of materials that you have already sent (resume and references). Say something about how you feel this letter is important, for example, it will help them to better understand how you would be an asset to their team.

Close with a statement that encourages her to contact you for an interview and thank her again.

If you do not send the letter to the recruiter, then you should still mention her name to the person you do send the letter to, even if their ‘name’ is Hiring Manager! Say that you have spoken to the recruiter and that you would like to add the attached letter of recommendation to your application.

You should always end with a “thank you” and a suggestion encouraging them to contact you.

Good luck with getting that interview!
Beth

Readers, have you had this sort of thing happen to you? (It happens to me more often than I like to admit!) How did you handle it?

Show Us Your Best Stuff!

Let's start with my six brainstorming ideas about what to write in your Summary. You don't have to cover all of them -- you can just pick the ones that show off your very best stuff. Or, you might be able to combine some. (For example, the first and second points often work well together.) Here you go...

• Indicate their career objective.
• State how much relevant experience you have.
• Summarize your qualifications for your job objective.
• Talk about a highly relevant or an overall career achievement you're proud of.
• Give a brief sense of your work or management style.
• Refer to a personal trait that supports your job objective.

Try to limit your Summary section to three or four statements, and keep each statement to no more than three lines. That way the whole section won't look too long and time-consuming to read. (Think "summary," not "War and Peace.")

Examples of Good Resume Summary Statements

When I'm working with folks on the Summary parts of their resumes, I use a bunch of questions to help them write good statements. Here's what I ask and some examples of the results:

What is your career objective?
Making your career objective clear to an employer is key to your resume's success. The quicker your reader can figure out what job you want, the faster he can start picturing you working for him in that role.

Here are a few Summary statements (from various resumes) that suggest the job seeker's career objective.

• Experience in executive-level administrative support and customer relations.

• Experienced writer and editor of journals, newsletters, books, speeches, marketing materials, press releases, and book and DVD reviews.

How much relevant experience do you have?
This is the first question most employer's want answered, so it's a good idea to address it in the first bullet of your Summary section. Here are some examples of good resume Summary statements that answer the "experience" question.

• Dedicated administrative support professional with 10+ years providing outstanding support to senior executives.

• Over 15 years of business and sales management experience.

What are the qualifications for the job and how do you measure up?
Having the required skills and knowledge for the job is essential. An employer will want to know this upfront, so use your Summary section to tell him you have what it takes to do the job well.

Here's how some job seekers did just that:

• Familiar with MS Word, Excel, InDesign, and Internet applications; able to learn new programs.

• Skilled in research, analyzing data, writing, and editing.

What is an overall career accomplishment that shows you'd be good at this job?
It's one thing to claim that you're good at something. You make a much stronger case when you give a clear example of how you've already succeeded in your career. And if you can quantify your success, all the better.

Here are examples of resume summary statements, each showing an overall career achievement.

• 6 years as the Health Care Administrator of a major hospital system, ranked 4th in the country by U.S. News & World Reports

• Consistently recognized for sales growth.

What's your management or work style?
An employer wants someone who fits into the company culture. By saying something about your work style or management approach, you can set yourself ahead of your competition for the job.

See what Summary statements others wrote to give a sense of their style on the job.

• Careful and thorough proofreader who ensures that a consistent message is maintained and the smallest details are not overlooked.

• Adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining composure and a sense of humor.

What personal attributes do you have that your next employer will value?
I'm talking about your soft skills, your personality, those things that people like about working with or for you. Can you put a finger on them and make a good resume Summary statement about one or more of them?

Here's what others have written:

• Detail-oriented, accurate, and dependable, with an uncompromising work ethic

• An active listener with strong interpersonal skills. Strive to understand client needs and provide exceptional results.

More Help With Summary Statements

If you want to see more questions that draw out good Summary statements and more examples, see Write a Summary of Qualifications.

Note: All the the resume Summary statements in this post are from members of my Ready-Made Resumes online resume builder. After I reviewed their resumes, these members kindly gave me permission to show their resumes to help others. Pretty nice, huh?

What works for you?
You probably have a few techniques for writing you resume Summary. Please tell us about them. We're always looking for new ideas.

I remember one time (just before the automated resume submittal system was in place) we put the word out to hire five new Help Desk staff (including two managers) to provide support for expanded hours. Needless to say, we were swamped with resumes. And, because budget was tight, I had the responsibility of screening ALL the resumes (hundreds) and matching them to the appropriate job or jobs. I can assure you my eyes were glazed over by the end of the day.

More and more now companies use online resume systems, so that makes it easier for people in my shoes to only screen the matches that the system spits out. On the downside, sometimes if the keywords (which are still entered by humans) aren’t well thought out, the result is that resumes that may represent terrific candidates never get seen by real live humans.

But the good news is you can put together a good technology resume that works for both human and automated eyes, with a little attention to detail. Here are a few tips to help:

• First and foremost make sure your resume looks great and has no typos.

• Use the job description to find key words for technology skills / languages required

• Review your resume after you finish writing it and see what pops out.

• Include a clearly written, typo-free cover letter.

Keywords on a Technology Resume

Make sure you clearly list all experiences you have that mention these probable key words. Surprisingly often key words are entered by non-techies, and so they will pull out the ones they understand best (or have had explained to them by a tech third party). Again, with the job description in your hands, try to think like them and find the most likely skills they would list as key words (and give the greatest weight to). Why? Because it eventually gets into someone’s hands and, if you are selected, will also be passed around, becoming your representative during the entire hiring process. Even if it makes it through at first, sloppy resumes can leave a bad impression.

BUT…don’t just scatter key words all around thinking that will help. It won’t. Since human eyes will also see and / or screen your resume, present them with strength, showing how you used them to lead a project, save the company money, support the implementation of a major system, improve an internal process, etc. If you worked in J2EE on a specific type of server such as WebSphere App using a specific type of database such as Oracle, list it clearly. These are the types of skills that become key words.

Also list them in your computer skills section. (See IT resume example: Senior Software Engineer.)

Highlight your major skills that match the job description. True, some ads don’t ask for a cover letter and some people don’t even care to see one. But many places are also looking for good communication skills along with your tech skills, since projects get done by meeting requirements that get discussed and since teams need to communicate well to work together. So it might just make someone give your resume a second glance if at first shot it was just seen as a maybe. You might even ask a friend or family member to see what they notice and whether it matches what the job description puts the most emphasis on.

One last note:
Even if a skill is somewhat old, although companies prefer recent experience, it’s worth listing anyway if it’s highlighted in the job description – especially if your other recent skills are solid. I’m not saying that alone will get you the job, but it could at least leave them curious enough to call you in.

Good luck!

This guest post is by Ronnie Ann, founder (and previously writer) of the job search and career blog Work Coach Cafe. Ronnie Ann is an independent organizational consultant specializing in business process improvement, project management, and workplace as well as some private coaching. She’s worked in all kinds of jobs at various levels in the public, private, non-profit, and academic sectors and frequently helps screen IT resumes and hire people as part of her consulting practice.

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The Self-Employed Job Seeker

Susan,
Six years ago I left my job in sales to further my education. Three years later I opened a massage practice. My practice did well the first year, however for the last two years I have had just a few clients.

I need a job, and therefore need to write a resume. Should I put my business on my resume and how should I refer to it? For example, should I put "Consulting practice" or "Self-owned business"?

Life After Self-Employment

I'm sorry your business didn't work out. If it's any consolation, many small businesses are going belly up in this poor economy.

There's no question that you need to put something on your resume for the last three years. To figure out what to say, use this resume tip: Your resume is about your future, not your past.

So, the answer to your question lies in the answer to "What is your future?" Put another way, "What is your job objective?"

3 Ways to List Self-Employment on a Resume

How you explain your last three years depends on whether or not your massage work supports your career goal. Here are some options:

1. If your objective is to get a job doing massage at an institution or a job for an employer who would value your massage experience, then emphasize your massage training by moving your Education section near the beginning of your resume. Then present your work history something like this:

EXPERIENCE

2009-2012, Massage Therapist, private practice

• Write about aspects of your practice that support your future (your job objective).
• Refer to your practice without mentioning how many clients you did or did not have.

2006-2009, Massage Student, Name of school

200x-2006, Job Title, Name of company

• Write an achievement statement that's relevant to your job objective.
• If nothing from this job supports your objective, it's okay not to have any bullet point statements here.

2. If you plan to go back to your former line of work, either downplay your massage education and practice, or don't list them at all on your resume. Instead, look for unpaid experience you may have picked up that's relevant to your prior line of work.

For example, let's say you were a technical support rep in your last job. Did you use those skills in some personal, family, or volunteer projects? If so, create a "job title" (such as "Independent technical support") under which you list projects you were involved in. For this example, your work history might look like this:

EXPERIENCE

2006-2012, Independent technical support

• Write a statement about any volunteer work in which you provided technical support.
• Refer to how you offered technical assistance to individuals, without saying whether or not they paid you.

200x-2006, Job Title, Name of company

• Write an achievement statement that's relevant to your job objective.
• If you have more projects and achievements that support your objective, write more bullet statements.

3. If you're looking at a new career all together (for example, dental hygienist), list your new training, internships, and relevant projects in your work history section. Move your Education section toward the beginning of the resume to highlight your current retraining. Then list your massage schooling and business experience in the work chronology something like this:

EXPERIENCE

Present, Student, Name of school where you're retraining

• If you have projects or activities that demonstrate your new skill, create a bullet point statement under this heading. If not, it's okay to have no bullet point statements here.

2009-2012, Massage Therapist, private practice

• If you have experience that's relevant to your future (your job objective), then create bullet point statements about those relevant points.
• If your massage practice is unrelated to your job objective, do not write any bullet points under this job title.

2006-2009, Student, Name of school

200x-2006, Job Title, Name of company

• Write an achievement statement that's relevant to your job objective.
• If you have more projects and achievements that support your objective, write more bullet statements.

Don't Know What the Future Is

If you haven't yet figured out what your job objective is, that's the place to start. Once you have a job in mind (your future), you can figure out how to list self-employment on a resume. Good luck with your transition!

See if there's one or two tips from my rewrite that you can use for your cover letters.

This E-Mail Cover Letter Template Needs Help!

Here's the e-mail sent by Dave Zrt (not his real name):

Susan,
I need help with my cover letter template because its BAD. I just don't have any experience in writing cover letters. I want to have a template I can use to e-mail my resume for various jobs in web design.

To understand what I'm asking, here's my cover letter template:

Dear Hiring Manager:
Why I sent you this e-mail is because I am interested in your job opportunity found on _______ .com. My knowledge in web design includes Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, WordPress, HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Microsoft Word; in addition, my web design experience includes working in the Windows and Mac platforms. Therefore, I am positive with my skills that I acquired from my web design experience that I would be an asset to your company.

Presently, I am working toward completion of my AAS in web design. From June 2007 to the present, I designed a company web site. As a result, the company tapped into billion dollar market and reached 100 million dollar sales mark in 2010 through website promotion. From January 2007 til January 2008, I worked at an internship with a Congressman by creating flyers and programs using Microsoft Publisher for campaign events, assisting in reelection of congressman in 2007 and 2008. Furthermore, my experience will help grow your business.

Enclosed is my resume for your review, and please visit _______ .com for samples of my work. My qualifications are competitive and my skills would prove to be an asset. Should you find that my background meets the requirements of your opening, I welcome the opportunity to discuss how to assist your company in its future goals.

Please feel free to contact me at (phone number) or (e-mail).

Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Dave Zrt

Basics of Writing an E-Mail Cover Letter

Dave,
I like the positive tone of your letter. It's confident and upbeat. Now let's look at how we can make it a little tighter and more inviting to read. First, let me say a few things about e-mail cover letters.

The ideal e-mail cover letter is concise, contains short paragraphs, and is meant to sell the reader on opening the attached resume. Your letter should also be a good example of how well you present yourself. To do all that...

Your e-mail cover letter should say enough... but not too much:

• Enough to make the employer want to read more... in the attached resume.
• Not so much that it makes you seem like a motor-mouth who doesn't get how busy the employer is.

Each time you e-mail your resume, you need to send a targeted cover e-mail that speaks to the employer you have in mind. When writing lots of cover letters, it's easy for them to sound like form letters. No one likes getting a form letter, so take care not to let that happen to yours. Here's how:

Think of your e-mail cover letter template as just a guide, not a rigid form. As you fill in the blanks of your template, also delete and add phrases and sentences to address the specific goals of the job you're going for and the person who will read your cover letter. If you do this, your letter will sound custom-made and nothing like a form letter.

An E-Mail Cover Letter Template

In the following rewrite of your template, I removed a lot of details. I also put your skills and achievements in bullet lists to make them a quick read. Here you go...

Dear Hiring Manager:
I am interested in your _______ opening, posted on _______.com.

Good technical and design skills are key, I know, to this job. Over the last x years as a Web and Graphic Designer, I've gained lots of experience using:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- WordPress
- HTML
- Flash
- Mac and Windows platforms

There are two projects I'm especially proud of, which are relevant to your _______ projects.
- I designed a commercial website that helped my employer tap into a $1B market and reach the $100M sales mark.
- As a Congressional Intern, I created promotional materials for a very successful reelection campaign.

My resume is attached. To see samples of my design work, please visit (web address).

I would like to talk with you about your current projects and how I can get involved. Please contact me at (phone number) or (e-mail).
Thank you,
Dave Zrt

Writing an e-mail cover letter template is a smart move. It will save you time if you use it as a starting point for all your targeted letters. By not having to start from scratch each time, you can respond to new job posts on a dime.

By the way, Dave, I used my 12-Word Cover Letter tips to rewrite your template.

Here's to a speedy job search, Dave!
Susan

You can get more ideas for writing e-mail cover letter templates, by signing up for my Ready-Made Resumes and Cover Letters.

How to Format Sub-Bullet Points on a Resume

In two of the three resume reviews, I found at least one statement that was too long. In my view, more than three lines is too long because it looks like a paragraph. Paragraphs on a resume aren't inviting to read, so we needed to do something about those long statements.

One way to break up a long statement and keep the thought running is to cut the statement into a few bites, like this:

• The first line is an intro bullet statement.
  − Followed by one sub-bullet statement.
  − And then another one.
  − And maybe another, and so forth.

The sub-bullets should have a different style of bullet point, something that looks lighter, and gives the sense that it's a "child" of the strong bullet. You could use a dash, as I did for the demo above. In my examples below, I used hollow bullet points. You might come up with a symbol you like better.

If there's a slight indent to the sub-bullet point, the added white space gives a sense of relief to the reader's eye. All this makes the whole resume look quick and easy to read.

Sub-Bullet Points in Summary Statements

Let's look at an example of sub-bullet points in a resume Summary. Here's the original set of Summary bullet points.

Summary

• Over 15 years of service/ sales experience in the workwear and textile service industries with additional manufacturing experience.
• Reputation as a reliable and trustworthy manager who keeps expenses and labor costs to a minimum, while at the same time managing a sales team that consistently met and exceeded sales quotas.
• Organized and detail-oriented; adept at understanding business operation procedures and logistics.
• Adept at handling multiple demands simultaneously while maintaining composure and a sense of humor.

The second bullet was too long so we broke it up, as you see in the next version. We also trimmed some of the fat off the others.

Summary

• Over 15 years of business and sales management experience.
• Reputation as a reliable and trustworthy manager who:
  • Keeps operation costs to a minimum.
  • Leads a sales team to consistently meet and exceed sales quotas.
• Organized and detail-oriented; understand business operations.
• Adept at handling multiple demands simultaneously while maintaining composure and a sense of humor.

Of course the real resume is on a document with longer line lengths, so the look and feel is a little different, but I think you get the point.

Sub-Bullet Points for Achievements

Here are two examples of how sub-bullet points make achievement statements quicker to read. See the change in look and feel?

First we have the old version of statements by Ricardo (not his real name).

• Created comprehensive financial plans for clients to target income at various states of their lives and manage financial risk for their future.
• Presenting financial planning concepts to business owners and individual families to demonstrate importance of long term holistic planning.
• Discussed insurance needs analysis with prospects to illustrate income replacement and debt payment strategies and explained complex insurance, investment and estate planning concepts to assure the right type and amount of protection would be in place to manage financial risk.

And here they are reformatted and slightly edited. Oh, we also put them in a new order to put his best foot first.

• Presented financial planning concepts to business owners and individual families to demonstrate the importance of long-term holistic planning.
  • Discussed insurance needs analysis to prospects to illustrate income replacement and debt payment strategies.
  • Explained complex insurance, investment and estate planning concepts to ensure protection would be in place to manage financial risk.
• Wrote and persuasively presented proposal to insurance underwriters, which resulted in accurate and fair risk assessment for insurance policy application.
• Created comprehensive financial plans to target clients' incomes at various life stages and manage future financial risks.

Here's another set of achievements, this time by Stephanie, an administrative support professional. She had sub-bullet points in her resume before I set eyes on it so I left them that way.

• Provided administrative support to Manager, Clinical Director, and multidisciplinary clinical team of the Assessment Center.
  • Prepared and edited reports, managed data, coordinated meetings with outside agencies, reviewed time cards, monitored and ordered program supplies.
  • Often took on new assignments and worked with Manager to improve efficiency of procedures.
• Served on CAC Communications Team and Safety Committees.
  • Liaison with other departments on agency-wide issues involving communications, work rules, and safety for staff and clients.
  • My recommendations improved safety for the children we served.

Putting sub-bullet points on a resume is such a simple trick, yet it adds so much to its graphic appeal. If you see any clumps of text on your resume that look hard to get through, break them up as shown above. It might make a world of improvement to your resume and your job search.

Our trip was laid back. Lots of seal watching, reading, walking, and sitting in the sun (with lots of sun screen, of course). Nothing to do with work.

As we drove home, I dreaded the thought of going back to work (can you ever get enough vacation?). But once I got to my computer, that all changed. My time off really paid off.

By taking a complete break from work, I'm now more relaxed and more focused. My priorities are clearer. Before going away, one of my writing projects had felt bigger than Mt. Fuji. Now it feels new and quite doable (more like my steep driveway).

Need a Break from Your Resume Work?

I guess you can see where I'm headed with this. It's about you and the mountain-high task of resume writing.

Sometimes you just need to step back from your resume. Maybe for an hour, a day, even a week. When you start out, do the best you can with it; get as far as you can and then let go. Just let it sit while you take a complete break. Think of this first draft as just that: a resume draft -- not the finished version.

While on your break, try not to think about your resume at all. Work on something else or get involved with some other project. Give yourself a real rest from your resume.

When you come back to it, you'll be surprised at what you see. You'll be able to read it almost as if you hadn't been the one who wrote it. You may be delighted to see how good it is. You may find holes where things are missing. Hopefully you'll see ways to make it much -- or at least a little -- better.

Whatever you see, it will be something you couldn't have seen when you wrote your first draft. And now with fresh eyes, you can write a second draft.

Lots of Drafts and Lots of Breaks

What? Did I say "draft" again? Yes, I did. This second version is another draft and you will probably need to take a break and come back to it, the way you did before. Maybe you don't need as much time away this time. But you need to set it down at least long enough to have a cup of coffee or tea.

When you're ready, come back. This time read it out loud and see how it sounds. Is it you? Is it the best of you? If not, give it another round.

I know what you're thinking: "At this rate it's going to take a long time to write my resume." Well, I think it deserves as much time as it needs to be perfect.

And once you think it's perfect, send it out and see what response you get. If you don't hear a peep from an employer, go back to the drawing board. And each time you send it, be sure to go through it with a fine tooth comb to see if you can make it tailor-made for that job.

A Work in Progress

So, think of your resume as a work in progress. And be sure to include lots of breaks in that process. Your time off is time well spent!

Have you ever found that it works better to put a project down for a bit rather than plowing through to the finish? Want to tell us about it?

If you've spent even a short time searching the web for answers to your resume writing questions, you may be reeling from the amount of information out there. Even though a lot of it is good, it IS overwhelming, especially when you desperately need resume help that fits your exact situation.

A Little Resume Help From Friends

Just ask your resume writing questions in the comments section of this post and I or someone on my resume-writing team will give it our best shot. Go ahead, ask me how to handle (on your resume) the time when you got fired or when you were unemployed or when you got laid off or how to format a tricky set of short-term jobs. Anything resume-related is fair game.

If you need more personal help than we can give you here in the comments section, there are more ways to get resume help:

• Hire a professional resume writer on Susan Ireland's Resume Team to give you a resume critique or write your resume for you.
• Sign up for my Ready-Made Resumes program. As long as you use one of the templates from the program and you agree to let me publish an anonymous version of your resume, I'll review your resume.

Meanwhile, feel free to ask your resume writing questions here. And most of all...good luck with your job hunt!

I got them this morning. I just sat looking at my computer screen. Nothing would come out of my brain. My fingers just sat on the keyboard. Not a word.

So I emailed my friend, Ronnie, to see if she could kick me into gear. I figured she'd either say, "Me, too!" and I'd feel like I wasn't all that bad. Or, she'd let me off the hook with something wise like, "Take the day off. Tomorrow will be better."

No such luck. When I told her I had the I-don't-want-to's, she gave me an idea. She said, "Maybe that would be good for a post about redoing a resume."

It took me about two seconds to see the connection. Redoing a resume isn't the sort of thing that makes someone shout, "I can't wait to do that!" No, it's a trigger for the I-don't-want-to blues.

Most job seekers I know get stuck when they're faced with putting their lives on "paper." They know so much about themselves, it's hard to pick through it all to find the best stuff. And then, putting it in words that impress an employer is enough to get brain freeze.

Is that how you feel about working on your resume? How do you get around it? Call a friend? Suffer through it? Tell us what goes on when you sit down to write your resume.

Wish I could give you my friend Ronnie's phone number, but she won't let me.

Side note: For those of you who would like a little extra help, there's always my Ready-Made Resumes resume builder - so you don't have to do it alone.

As Peter Ferber (the email's author) told me, "I have a group, mostly recruiters, with whom I maintain contact... it is a good marketing strategy. Certainly more personalized and targeted than more generic forms of such a letter."

Just one day after sending the email, Peter updated me with this news: "I've gotten some responses to my email, and offers for interviews are trickling in."

Peter's Job Networking Email Sample

I'm posting the networking email sample here with Peter's permission. I think it's a great example of how to promote your job search and build your network. Notice how he used bold text to help the reader move quickly through the email's content.

Subject: Peter Ferber seeking new work opportunities, Updated Resume attached

Hello:
I am available for work, and seeking opportunities involving database development, VB programming, and Business Intelligence. I am open to both contractual and full-time work, with a strong preference for working in San Francisco.

Work Completed
I just ended a brief engagement with CSC, doing a consulting project for Wells Fargo Bank as a member of an elite team of developers tasked with mapping Wachovia data over to Wells Fargo. The work was tricky, detailed, and ultimately satisfying.

Current Certification Study
I am now pursuing certification in Business Intelligence using SQL Server and Visual Studio. I am deploying Analysis Services skills both from studying textbooks and applying to my personal databases, which are benefiting from cube design and business intelligence technologies.

Growing Demand for SQL and Excel, my best tools
I am very encouraged by discussions at the Silicon Valley SQL Server User Groups in San Francisco and Mountain View about the degree to which Microsoft is investing in upgrading SQL Server and Excel. As more managers are exposed to advances in business intelligence through the Excel interface, they will be more desirous of using these features and having developers who can harness the power they hold.

I look forward to an increased demand for these services.

Please keep me in mind for positions using these skill sets.
Sincerely,
Peter Ferber

Attached:
Updated Resume
Letter for Introduction

Thank you, Peter, for sharing this with us.

Readers, do you have a job networking email sample you want to share? Even if you don't need a job, you may have a good one you've used just to stay in touch with your network. We'd love to see it!