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Mar 06 '08 by stubby43
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stupid question ish update

Its a bit of a stupid question but its klind of important, I'm sending off resumes and covering letters to production companies right now but I'm struggling to do it.

I'm addressing a covering letter to someone called Lori kuffner but I dont know if shes married, its a formal letter so I really dont want to be matey.

Right now I have the start of my letter written as

Dear

Mrs Kuffner but it could be Miss Kuffner.

Is there a better way to write this? I really cant afford to mess this up.

shirtflirt on Mar 06 '08 at 12:19pm

Ms?

Steve The Great on Mar 06 '08 at 12:19pm

Ms. is what you do there I think

xiv on Mar 06 '08 at 12:20pm

To whom it my concern

?? i dont know...

tracerbullet on Mar 06 '08 at 12:20pm

you ALWAYS do Ms. if it's a woman, regardless of whether or not you know her marital status.

always.

stubby43 on Mar 06 '08 at 12:22pm

Thank you, honnestly if I'd of got that wrong it would of shown I hadnt made enough effort researching who I was talking to which would of more than likely made them bin it.

chelly on Mar 06 '08 at 1:00pm

tracerbullet on Mar 06 '08 at 12:20pm you ALWAYS do Ms. if it's a woman, regardless of whether or not you know her marital status.

always.

not if she's a DR.

Bramish on Mar 06 '08 at 1:01pm

I'd've gone for Dear Lori...

stubby43 on Mar 06 '08 at 1:04pm

if you were writing to a company sending a speculative resume and covering letter what would you write on the subject, I need something better than hi, but not something thats going to make them think oh its a resume I'm not going to read it.

tesco on Mar 06 '08 at 1:04pm

same^

tesco on Mar 06 '08 at 1:04pm

at bram

tesco on Mar 06 '08 at 1:04pm

put your name as the subject

tesco on Mar 06 '08 at 1:05pm

because you are the subject... and it'll be easier for them to find when digging through emails

tesco on Mar 06 '08 at 1:05pm

FIFTH

stubby43 on Mar 06 '08 at 1:05pm

I havent sent it off yet honnest oppinion, should I go informal, or formal?

if it helps this is the company I'm about to write to:

cooper rock

xiv on Mar 06 '08 at 1:06pm

just do a google search for artist cover letters.

tesco on Mar 06 '08 at 1:06pm

go for polite and succinct... so I guess formal but not stuffy

tracerbullet on Mar 06 '08 at 1:06pm

the subject should be the job you're applying for

Bramish on Mar 06 '08 at 1:07pm

Send a preliminary letter asking whether she's married or not.

stubby43 on Mar 06 '08 at 1:09pm

Cheers guys.

Brain, I'm not actually applying for a particular job, its purely speculative trying to see if they have openings.

I'm really nervous doing this because this resume and covering letter will pretty much decide what I'm doing for the next year.

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