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  • Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. - William Butler Yeates

    To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner. - Anonymous

  • Elaine Maxwell: My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.

    Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

  • William James: The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.

    H. H. the Dalai Lama: To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.

  • Frank Lloyd Wright: The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

    H.H. the Dalai Lama: The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

  • Bernice Johnson Reagon: Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

  • I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” -- Michael Jordan

    Elizabeth Stone: Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.

  • "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." 
-- Jim Rohn

    "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change." -- Carl Rogers

  • All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.
-- John F. Kennedy

    Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
-- Gandhi

  • Nelson Mandela: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

    Patricia Neal: A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own expectations.

  • A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions. 
- Anonymous

    "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." 
-- Albert Einstein

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#1 Follow your Heart.

People are happiest and do their best when they are doing what they love. As well, pursuing dreams provides motivation, direction and helps to clarify what is really important to people. Let your teens' dream. Let their dreams shape their goals. Let them use the energy their dreams give them to learn the skills and take the risks needed to make their dreams, or any part of them, a reality.
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September 5, 2010

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Cover Letters

What is a Cover Letter?

A letter that should be included in your applicant package in front of your resume.  The purpose is to introduce yourself to the employer and to get the employer to read your resume to secure an interview.

What should a Cover Letter do for you?

  • Explain why the employer should hire you.
  • Get the employers attention and point out why, above all other applicants, the employer should read your resume and contact you for an interview.

Two types of Cover Letters:

  1. Letter of Application or Response to an Advertisement.  Use this if you are applying for a job that was advertised, it is important to show the skills and qualifications that you have that fit the job description.
  2. Letter of Inquiry.  Use this type if you are contacting a business to ask about potential job openings, the strategy is the same except you focus on a more board occupational focus on how your skills and abilities can meet the company’s needs.

Guidelines for writing a Cover Letter:

  • Address it to a specific person (find out who is in charge of hiring, get the correct spelling of that person’s name and their title)
  • Keep it to three paragraphs
    • Introduction:  tell why you are writing, where you heard about the position
    • Body of Letter:  link your qualifications and skills to the job, tell the employer what you can do for him/her and refer to your resume
    • Closing:  thank the employer and provide contact information to be reached for an interview
  • Remember to sign your name
  • Keep it simple and to the point
  • PROOFREAD carefully

Sample Cover Letters:

Chinook School Division – Career Education:  Applying for a Job
Sasknetwork - Job Search Handbook
More samples coming soon!