Rich, I very much like this formulation in your post below: “Send a resume and a catchy cover letter to [email protected].”

I would very much like to know what constitutes a catchy cover letter and to see some of the best examples. Does a catchy cover letter rhyme:

Dear Mr. Lowry, I’m eat’n ramen in the Bowery, I’ve got the blues, ’cause I’m jonesn’-for-the-news.

Or maybe they have a sensational, grabby, opening?

Dear Mr. Lowry, I must type quickly. They’ve found me again. I can hear them coming up the stairs. I don’t know how long I have before I must escape. This job of which you speak, for the love of all that is holy, it is vital that you give it to me…