One more agreement regarding the cover letter. It must be closely
tailored to the prospective position. The hiring authority will pay
attention to whether the applicant has read and adequately responded to the job
announcement/description.
The resume/vita should also be tailored to the prospective position or at
least to a class of positions. It shows that the applicant's experience is
relevant to the job and that the applicant has some pre-understanding of the
workplace culture. After all, government archives are different from
academic archives are different from religious archives are different from
corporate archives, etc.
Finally, the cover letter and the resume/vita should agree. I have
received applications in which the information in the two documents simply did
not show the same experience.
Scott Cline, City Archivist
Seattle Municipal Archives 600 Fourth Avenue, Room 104 Seattle, WA 98104 (206 )684-8353 |