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Types of Stories You Can Utilize in a Cover Letter:
- Stories of early interest in your career path and determination to reach your career goal
- Stories that depict your motivation, enthusiasm, and passion for the job you seek
- Stories describing specific projects you've led or collaborated on, including results
- Stories detailing problems you've solved for your employers/organizations
- Stories that reveal your personality
- Stories describing long-term interest in, knowledge of, and admiration for the organization you're targeting
- Stories that describe how well you fit in with the organization's culture, values, and mission
- Stories that touch the heartstrings
- Stories that tell how you are uniquely qualified for the targeted job
- Stories to explain unusual or potentially negative situations
- Future stories that address employer needs and challenges and tell how you would address those issues
* Taken from Quintessential Careers