Grow with Google: How to Write a Cover Letter

In Write a Cover Letter for a Job or Career Change, you will learn how to write a compelling cover letter that explains your skills and experiences to a potential employer. You already have the experience, now you just need to know the best way to format it to help best sell yourself to an employer. Brought to you by Grow with Google.

Achieve the following objectives:

• Understand how to conduct research on a potential employer and company.
• Understand how to write a tailored cover letter for a specific job.

Answer the following essential questions:

• How do I write a cover letter?
• What is a cover letter and how is it different from a resume?
• What are the benefits of writing a cover letter?
• What are the elements of an effective cover letter?

Internalize the following enduring understandings:

• I should tailor each cover letter I write to the specific job.
• A cover letter often helps an employer decide to look at a resume so I should try to make a great first impression.

This course may ask you to utilize or sign-in to a Google account, which you will not have access to do. By following along though, you will see and learn the skills within this lesson to further your knowledge for the future.