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Soft skills can hold important role in getting noticed in a job search, especially when integrated into your cover letter and resume. We'll discuss how to get that notice by beefing up your soft skills in these materials.

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As employers and organizations look more at soft skills, applicants need to articulate their soft skills in the cover letter and even the resume. So in Week 3 of the Six Weeks of Serious Soft Skills Strategy, Dr. Tobin Porterfield and Bob Graham discuss a number of strategies for integrating soft skills into resumes and cover letters.

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Don’t forget, you can still get your own copy of our ebook, The 55 Soft Skills that Guide Employee and Organizational Success, for free, using the coupon code “six weeks” at http://serioussoftskills.com/resources/the-55-soft-skills-that-guide-employee-and-organizational-success/

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Among the topics they address in this episode are:

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  • Why we approach cover letters all wrong
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  • Helping employers include you, not exclude you, from the interview list
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  • Why finding a passion match matters and where it goes in the cover letter
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  • Putting you as a person in the process
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  • How to connect the dot for the employer in your cover letter
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  • An example with a manager’s cover letter
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  • A great word to include in your cover letter
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  • How repetition helps you score points with employers
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  • How specificity in what you are looking for in a job helps not just you, but your circle of friends and family
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  • Making sure your resume is quantified
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  • Matching your soft skills to the job specifications and the unwritten components of the job
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  • Blending the tools you use and they mention with your soft skills
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  • Why being concise, using strong verbs and documenting outcomes helps employers
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  • How storytelling fits in
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  • Key tips for resumes that will make your resume zoom to the top of the pile
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Next Week

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We will be in Week 4 of the Six Weeks of Serious Soft Skills Strategy, where we look at how to put soft skills to work to help employers see your value in the interview process.

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