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Increasingly, firms are using the Web. For the sake of this exercise, we have used letters rather than the actual organization contact. Select the one that you are most interested in, and write a cover letter expressing your interest in the position. Your instructor may want to see your cover letter as a graded assignment or have you share it with a classmate—you critique his or her cover letter while he or she critiques yours. In the latter case, make constructive and cogent suggestions. P-987