questions for those more experienced than I

[dchenes]

When you find a job that sounds like it suits you right down to the ground, what do you do other than apply for it, make yourself sound as ideal as possible and start praying like crazy? And when they say "send cover letter and resume to resumes@xyz.com", how do you address the cover letter? Not only isn't there a specific person mentioned, there isn't even a department mentioned.

(Linguistic QA, in Brookline. Medical. Into English. Pretty much everything I wanted, all in one package.)

It's absolutely amazing how much contradictory advice there is out there regarding how to write cover letters.

Comments

[sebastian-tombs.livejournal.com]

A couple things worth trying:

See if you can find out something about the company. If you can work in some research into the cover letter, it will sound more interesting.

See if you can find someone who knows someone there. Not always possible, but a friend of a friend sometimes can make a difference.