Cover Letter Tips

When writing your cover letter, keep in mind that the reviewer is only interested in one thing; the facts. DO NOT think of your cover letter as an autobiography; it should be brief and to the point. The purpose of the cover letter and resume should be one thing – it should demonstrate that you meet or exceed the requirements listed in the job description. It should demonstrate that you’re interested in the position, and that you are available to accept the position if offered. Additional information beyond this can be counterproductive, as it dilutes the core purpose of the cover letter and resume.

When writing the cover letter, avoid negatives. A cover letter is not the place to explain why you left or are leaving an employer, why there are gaps in your employment dates, etc. These "negatives" are best delivered in person during the interview so that your personality and can counter them.

Spend time thinking about the layout of your letter, and make it sure that it is easy on the eyes.

PLEASE do NOT follow the advice of poorly written resume books and websites that advise on using platitudes and clichés in your cover letter. The point here is to be different and stand out. The goal is to demonstrate your written communication skills by writing a good cover letter – Cutting and pasting a phrase from a cover letter / resume book is not impressive.

Your cover letter should be addressed to a specific person - avoid the "Dear Sir or Madam".Go to their company website, and search the "about us" pages for names of individuals to address your cover letter.It takes a few seconds; however will make your letter stand out.

Sharing: 100 Years to travel A Mile

Assalamu'alaikum wbt & Good Day

During this examination mood, Counseling Unit would like to share this story;

This is a short and summarized story about Gary Faye Locke , the current United States Secretary of Commerce, as told by him in his opening remark at the beginning of the conference, Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship (PSE). I copy-pasted this from tini rahim (http://tini-rahim.blogspot.com/), as she got it straight from Dash's blog(http://dashinsights.blogspot.com/).
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- The day began with Secretary Locke giving the opening address. It was truly an inspiring speech. It reflects the American Dream.

- In his speech, Secretary Locke narrated the story of how his great grandfather emigrated from China to Washington and found a job as a servant. His father too a Chinese immigrant had a grocery store.

- Secretary Locke, when he took his oath as Governor mentioned that his mansion was 1 mile away from where his great grandfather used to sweep floors a 100 years ago.

- "....100 years to travel a mile", he said to an applauding audience.

- His bio says, Secretary Locke is the first Chinese American to hold this post in a President's cabinet.

Is this possible in any other country?

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I nearly shed a tear. Nearly. It's indeed true what they said, you sometimes find joy in the work of others.


Dear Students/Readers & I
Don't give up..we never know what's the best for us &
every time, you have an intention to stop, remember to start it again, as you might stop at your 100times of trial and you have a success on your 101 trials.

"a thousand miles journey begins with one single step"

Regards
Counselor

Updates of Counseling Unit

Assalamu'alaikum wbt and Good Day

Due to the load of activities, here's the big update.....

Counseling Unit had already finished assisting programs, which are as follows;

1. Muhibbah Dinner 2009 at Dewan Sri Bistari, Ayer Keroh Melaka
2. Desa Tercinta 2010 at Kuala Berang, Terengganu
3. Pogram Kecemerlangan Anak-Anak Melaka (ProKAM)

As pictures worth a thousand words, Counseling Unit would publish all those related pictures to our group of Counseling Unit STAD in Facebook as soon as possible. Join us now!!

About the brief of those programs, here's the stories

1. For the first time, Muhibbah Dinner has been conducted outside of the campus, which involved 15 clubs&societies in MMU(Malacca) in collaboration with International Workforce & Students Division from Malacca Chief Minister Department. This event also invited a few orphanage and old folks home to join us in celebrating the spirit of 'muhibbah' as well as to meet the concept of charity. It has been leaded by new student, Akunaji Farah Diva Harunar Rashid from Foundation in Law.

2. After six months of preparation, Anis Syazwanis Badarul Hisham with her team managed to accomplish mission of Desa Tercinta 2010 in Terengganu. The concept of this event is community service, that involved a village; Kg Payang Kayu, Kuala Berang. All of them has been adopted to the villagers for one week. All committees and participants also involved in facilatating students from three schools nearby, which are SK Sg Buloh, SK Kuala Ping and SMK Kuala Jeneris in term of academic assistance.

3. ProKAM is a serial in month program, originally based to University Peer Group, the President Fateen Najlaa Idayu Mohd Noor through FaciTeam leads by Mohd Shahmi Mohd Luqman. It had 4 sub-program,as follows:
a. ProKAM Induction at Kementerian Belia Sukan, Ayer Keroh (29-31 January 2010)
b. Program bersama Anak-Anak Yatim at Madrasah Darul Aitam, Teluk Mas (13&14 February 2010)
c. Program Kecemrlangan Akademik at Kompleks Falak Al Khawarizmi, Tg Bidara (26-28 February 2010)

Big applause and CONGRATS to all those committees and participants for all of your time, energy, commitment and sacrifice to make those happened in a very good way. Keep up the good work!

Now. we're looking forward for big event, EduCARE Fair 2010, in 20-22 April 2010 at Multimedia University (Malacca). All the Best!

'a thousand miles journey begins with one single step'

Regards
Counselor