10 Tips to Write a Killer Cover Letter to Get Hired Surely

Cover Letter is the very first impressions of you to your buyer. And writing a killer cover letter is the only way to sell your skills at your very first meet with the buyers.  Effective copy, grammatically err free and highlighting skills according to the buyer’s specified requirements on a cover letter is one of the key factors to be hired instantly. Most of the freelancers are taking this step as usually wrong way and eventually get shocked when the buyer declined him/her from the applied jobs. Disappointments start then and they get bored trying lots of jobs bidding and sending request to get hired but all of the attempts fall in vain as they were not smart enough to write a meaningful and professional cover letter to attract the buyers at their very first conversation.

Writing an effective cover letter is not that damn hard you think if you follow some awesome strategies given below. It’s a matter of practicing and implementing the suggested tips on those vital times while you are writing your cover letter purposing to send it to your next probable buyer. As making money as a freelancer is your ultimate goal; you have to be super professional in each step you take.

• Professional & Humble Greeting: Start your cover letter with “Dear+Buyers name” Or “Dear+Hiring Manager”. For example: Dear Matt Blyer. Starting professionally makes a positive impression on you and the buyers get interested at the first glance.

• Represent Interest First: After the greeting part you should emphasize on showing your interest and eagerness to do this work. Buyers are always looking for such contractors who are dedicated and desperate for a job. So, show how much passionate you are about this kind of work and how much interesting it would be.

• Represent Your Skills For That Project: Every buyer describes everything about the Skills required to complete a job. So, represent your skills related to that job and show your professionalism and skills here. Buyers are here to build their business using freelancers like you. So sell your skills professionally.

• Reference Your Related Works: While showing your skills you must have to reference some of your previous work that is related to this job. Attach links, photos or testimonials about your skills and achievements related to that job you are applying to.

• Tell How You Will Do This Task: In this stage, give a step by step instruction (check the buyer’s instruction about how s/he wants it to get done) of how you will do this task and how well you can perform.

• Tell How Fast & Efficient You Would Be: Make a positive impression to your buyers writing about how faster you are while completing such kind of jobs and how effectively you can do this kind of jobs. Let your buyer assume that he/she is outsourcing his stuffs effectively.

• Write Unique Cover Letters: No Copy Paste. Make your each cover letter as unique as you can. Through you own voice and styles in your freelancing cover letter writing. Buyers might be irritated by seeing same cover letter at every jobs posting s/he made.

• Call for Action: This is one of the crucial steps. After showing your greetings, methods of completing the given tasks, referencing previous related works and maintaining uniqueness on writing; you have to call for an Action eventually. At the end of your cover letter, ask your buyer to contact you and let them know you are too much interested to have a call of interview from them.

• Proofread & Correct Errors: Full of grammatical errors and misspellings ruins your cover letter. Make it proofread by someone else or recheck it by yourself until you are satisfied.

• Apply: Eventually send you cover letter. Hope for it and have patience. Best luck to you mates.