Undergraduates need them for graduate-school applications; PhD students and postdocs use them to apply for fellowships and jobs; senior scientists often have to have them to apply for awards and ...

Dana Miranda is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® who's been writing about money management and small business operations for more than a decade. She writes the newsletter Healthy Rich about ...

At best, a cover letter can help a job-seeker stand out from the pack. At worst, it can make a promising candidate seem like an uncreative cut-and-paster. Sadly, the vast majority of cover letters ...

- create an impression of widespread support for or opposition to an issue Tips on Writing Letters to the Editor: Keep it short and address only one subject. Many newspapers have strict limits on the ...

For 13 years, I was a constituent services staffer for a Michigan legislator. In other words, my job was to try to resolve constituent complaints. That means I’ve seen a lot of complaint letters. I’ve ...

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...

The lost art of letter writing is the perfect way to reconnect with long lost relatives. You are on a mission - an emotional journey - to find your long lost family member. The person you have ...

Is letter-writing a thing of the past? These days, we intuitively assume that it is. Yet try typing the words “how to write a letter” in your search engine and a long list of suggestions pops up. The ...

When an employee's behavior compromises your team's productivity and morale, it's time to take action. Even though it is essential to meet with the employee to discuss your concerns, following up with ...

Here's how letter writing can have a profound impact on students' mental and emotional well-being and provide a therapeutic outlet that nurtures them Letter writing is a beautiful and personal form of ...

A new exhibit at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., offers a glimpse at correspondences four centuries old. "Letter Writing in Renaissance England," which runs through April 2005, ...