1. Before hitting the "Send" button, view the email cover letter in your Print Preview window. Look for any characters or letter stuck on forgotten headers or footers, any page numbers that don’t belong, or any company names, email addresses, or memo information from a previous version of the email cover letter that has been retained.
   

2. Check the spelling of the name of the person the email is addressed to, and if possible research the email address online to see if there is any company information or title that might go into the addressee field. The more generic the incoming information of an email is, the more likely a recipient is going to be to consider it spam or have it filtered to the spam folder.

3. Put abbreviated detail in the subject line. The subject line of an email is visible in incoming email lists. Make sure anyone scanning their email can see who the email is from, what it is concerning, and possibly an action item like a job position opening or publication where a job was listed. 

4. Use a contemporary salutation. Email cover letters merit an appropriately formal salutation, yet many email letters include hopelessly outdated ones that flag the email as a spam communication to the email cover letter recipient and email filter software. Observe proper salutations without using hopelessly dated expressions that mark you as a non-native English speaker or check any unknown terms in an online translator.

5. Customize the email cover letter details about your experience, education, and job skills as they apply to the position advertised. Briefly sketch one or two anecdotes or episodes from your employment history where your skills or education served you well in that job capacity. Make sure these examples apply to the advertised desired qualities of the position you are applying for.

6. Mention salary detail if requested as a range. If you have earned $35,000 a year for clerical work and $55,000 a year for consulting work, shape your salary history as a range of skills and experience with corresponding detail. For example, ‘I worked at J & G Manufacturing as a clerical employee for ten years and I was employed by Hills Photography Co. as a consultant for three years. Annual salary for the last thirteen years ranged from $34K-$55K annually".

7. When discussing why you left your last company, project into the future positive aspects of your skills and work experience. Don’t dwell on past setbacks or negative experiences.

8. Make sure contact information of your self is complete and accurate. Use an email name that is listed as showing your own name and default email address as a major email platform or your own name, instead of a custom domain name that may distract the reader or lead them to believe the email is a spam attempt.

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