Cover Letters for Dummies

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Joyce Lain Kennedy is the author of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate's column Careers, now in its 32nd year and appearing in more than 100 newspapers. Her twice-weekly column is carried in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The L.A. Times, the Dallas Morning News, the Seattle Times, the Louisville Courier Journal, Tulsa World, and more. Recognized as America's favorite careers journalist, Kennedy has received more than three million reader letters. In her column, she has answered in excess of 4,200 queries from readers. Kennedy's wise counsel about job and career development addresses universal problems experienced by most working people - problems ranging from dealing with demotion to celebrating or coping with defining career moments. First to report on many new technologies and trends, Kennedy advises job seekers to relearn many strategies and tactics to prosper in a distinctly new job market. She is the author or co-author of eight books, including Joyce Lain Kennedy's Career Book (VGM Career Horizons) and Electronic Job Search Revolution, Electronic Resume Revolution, and Hook Up, Get Hired! The Internet Job Search Revolution (the last three published by John Wiley). The last three books are groundbreaking works for the new technology that's bringing people and jobs together. With Dr. Herm Davis, she wrote College Financial Aid For Dummies. Cover Letters For Dummies is one of a trio of job market books by Kennedy published under the wildly popular For Dummies imprint: Resumes For Dummies, Cover Letters For Dummies, and Job Interviews For Dummies. Writing from Carlsbad, California, a San Diego suburb, the dean of careers columnists is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. Her e-mail address is jlk@sunfeatures.com.