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Saturday , May 10, 2008 at 2111 hrs they inquire about openings. And it’s not just on the phone, she said, but in cover letters. It’s “uber-boring”, she said, when a cover letter starts out referencing the advertisement. It’s the job seeker’s equivalent of “did you get my e-mail?” You need something that catches their interest, Katz said.

Katz said she helped her daughter rewrite a cover letter. It was for a talent agent job and it started, “No one wants to go to the movies with me,” and it proceeded to explain how she loves to pore over the casting decisions with her friends.

She got the job.