Good Jobs Report #23
Remote and Boise-area marketing, design, CX, software dev jobs from Vynyl, Drake Cooper, Kount, ICCU, Saalt, Figma, Mighty Networks, and more
Should I include a cover letter?
“Nobody reads them.”
“They all say the same thing.”
9 out of 10 cover letters suck.
Most are cookie cutter nothingburgers that look like a lot, but don’t say much of anything.
So should you write one?
Yes, but it has got to be good.
Some tips for writing a good cover letter:
Research the company and the people that work there. Look at their website and LinkedIn company page. See if you can find the hiring manager or the head of the department you would be working for. Maybe they grew up in the same town you grew up in. Boom, connection!
Have a good reason for wanting to work there. Just saying “for the money” is true, but it’s not going to leave any lasting memories inside the interviewer’s head.
Delete your cover letter template. If you really want the job, start from scratch each time. Tell a story. Show you’ve done your research on the company (See #1). Speak to the reasons you want to work there (See #2, [don’t say money!]) and how your strengths could benefit the business. Make it unique and personal. Write something a hiring manager would want to read after wading through a sea of .pdf form letters.
Onward,
P.S. 👇
DEV
Interactive React Developer at Drake Cooper
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
Software Engineer at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
C# Emphasis
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
Senior Dev Ops Engineer at Truckstop.com
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
Senior Full Stack Ruby Developer at Vynyl
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise or remote
Software Engineer at Figma
Type: Full-time
Location: Remote or San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY
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DESIGN, RESEARCH, & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Project Manager Onboarding & Implementation at Kount
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
Staff UX Writer at Coinbase
Type: Full-time
Location: Remote or San Francisco, CA
Product Designer at Mighty Networks
Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
Senior UX Researcher at Usertesting.com
Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
From last week: Agile Project Manager at Balsam Brands
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
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SALES, CX, & MARKETING
Contact Center Agent at Idaho Central Credit Union
Type: Full-time
Location: Meridian
Content Operations Leader at Intuit
Type: Full-time
Location: Eagle or Tuscon, AZ or Edmonton, Canada
Account Coordinator at Drake Cooper
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
Brand Representative at Saalt
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
Program Marketing Manager at ClickBank
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise
OTHER
Production Assistant at Scentsy
Location: Meridian
Accounting Representative at Jitasa
Type: Full-time
Location: Boise