Pain Letters™ often elicit the response from hiring managers, “You were the first [or only] candidate I wanted to meet!” Liz Ryan’s Pain Letter™ approach has helped CFOs and other senior executives to entry-level employees get terrific jobs with employers that deserved their talents. And isn’t that the point of a job search – to end up with an employer that values what you bring?
Forget the Cover Letter! Write a Pain Letter™, Instead
What Is a Pain Letter™?
How Is a Pain Letter™ Not a Cover Letter
All About Pain Letters™
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What is a Pain Letter™ and Human-Voiced Resume™?
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eBook
Anatomy of a Pain Letter™
Along with the Human-Voiced Resume™, Pain Letters ™ may be the job-search (and business-development) innovation Ask Liz Ryan is best known for. This popular Ebook explains what a Pain Letter ™ is and what it’s for, how to compose a Pain Letter ™ using the four elements (hook, Pain Hypothesis™, Dragon-Slaying Story ™ and closing) and how to do the research you need to do in order to craft a compelling Pain Letter ™. A sample Pain Letter ™ is included in the Ebook. Let’s talk about employer pain!
Edit Your Pain Letter™
Make sure your Pain Letters™ are hitting the mark!
Send us your draft Pain Letter™ and we will edit it for you to strengthen the language and sharpen your hook, Pain Hypothesis™ and Dragon-Slaying Stories™. Start by downloading the Ebook Anatomy of a Pain Letter™ from our Career Altitude Club (or purchasing it here if you’re not a Career Altitude Club member). Write your Pain Letter™ draft, purchase the Edit a Pain Letter™ program and send us your draft Pain Letter™ for our edits.
Write Your Pain Letter™
You’ll send us your resume and a job ad or job description, and Liz will write a Pain Letter™ that ties your background to the assignment at hand. (We’ll research the employer online to spot the pain and the hook; you’ll find the hiring manager, and we’ll send you the How-to E-book on that topic to help you do it.)
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Navigating a job search, career change or entrepreneurial leap isn’t something to go through alone.
The questions are big, and the answers are often confusing. We work with our clients to help them zero in on career direction, create the materials that will bring their power across on the page, and get them great jobs.
