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Search committees often place a great deal of importance on cover letters when they're reviewing candidates, but I've yet to meet a job seeker who has received much training or mentoring on how to write one. So what differentiates good cover letters from weak ones?

Scholars who have been on the academic market in recent years know the competition for limited tenure-track jobs is fierce. But what they usually don't realize is that there is still room to negotiate if they are offered a position.