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The Video Cover Letter for Job Applications (Skillshare)

Offered by Skillshare,

Victoria Cumberbatch has been making video cover letters for a short while, with excellent results. The future is visual and as more companies get on board with video applications, it's high time we get ahead of another paradigm shift. Here, you'll learn how I've crafted video cover letters for job applications and have received nothing but shocking praise.

Included are:
Focused Research
Rethinking Notetaking
Curate | Take a look at the attached Curate notes before viewing the video!
Create
As you imagined, your project will be a video cover of your own. Let's do this!
Students will send their completed version of their video into the Project Gallery. All students should provide constructive critique and praise on each others' forays into this new world!
Feel free to also post your notes!

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