I just finished an article on Resumes from Hell about writing cover letters where she uses a metaphor of a circus. And while I agree that the job search (and sometimes just the "real-world" in general) are a circus, that's not really my beef with all of this. Why wasn't I trained for this? When I went to the Career Services office at my university they would refuse to talk to me unless I brought a copy of my resume that they could draw diagrams on and tell me how to make it better. That's great, but I was just in here last week and you critiqued my resume, what can you do BESIDES that? I learned how to write a cover letter the hard way...trial and error. I still frantically Google search for writing tips everytime I find myself faced with a particularly great sounding job listing where I need to write a cover letter. Why isn't there a Cover Letter 101 offered in college? What about a "How to find your dream job 1" while you're wast...