It starts with the cover letter, Slate's Katherine Goldstein writes after reading 500 of them in five years. The résumé and clips won't matter if the cover letter doesn't open a door: "Many young people seem to have no idea how to apply for a job. What I see time after time from young media hopefuls are not the classic no-nos, like misspellings and typos, but what appears to be a fundamental lack of understanding of how to sell oneself to a prospective employer."
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