"It is intuitively obvious to the most casual of observations that I'm more than qualified to run your insignificant company, much less merely work there, however, I will deign to allow my talents to..."
Seriously, coming from the other side, as someone who was a supervisor who read over cover letters and resumes, keep the superlatives to a minimum, but honestly talking about your accomplishments is OK. I rarely read any cover letters I thought were "too cocky." (Too weird-- yes.) It's kind of expected that they'll say something like, "I believe my qualifications make me an outstanding candidate for your positition and I hope you'll agree."
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When your opening paragraph sounds like this:
Date: 2006-04-18 07:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-18 08:08 pm (UTC)Seriously, coming from the other side, as someone who was a supervisor who read over cover letters and resumes, keep the superlatives to a minimum, but honestly talking about your accomplishments is OK. I rarely read any cover letters I thought were "too cocky." (Too weird-- yes.) It's kind of expected that they'll say something like, "I believe my qualifications make me an outstanding candidate for your positition and I hope you'll agree."