Looks Matter
When it comes to your cover letter, it’s not just the content that counts. Therefore, as much time as you spend on the words, should be spent on the look. A few quick tips (more to come later):
- Use a serif font (not sans-serif)
- Use size 11 font
- Use black ink on a white background (Sounds simple right, but I’ve seen this go wrong many times. For an example, check out this website: http://cfy2009.com/myblog/?p=1472 . Notice how the gray font color with the bad background image make the words very hard to read)
I know these seem simple, but they’re worth getting right. Do these and you’re 80% of the way there. However, the other 20% is just as important and we’ll discuss that later.