What to put in a cold cover letter

[smallnurse10]

Hi and thanks for reading my post. I am a labor and delivery nurse that will be graduating from my local university's family nurse practitioner program in May. I would like to continue to work in women's health but there are no jobs available. I was hoping to send my resume and cover letter to all the women's health providers in my area and hopefully obtain a position that way. I know some of these physicians because I work in ob, but some I do not because they just do gyn. How should I go about writing this letter? I have looked at cover letter sites for this type of letter but none of them are geared toward healthcare. Suggestions? Thanks in advance.

[TicTok411]

I found a template when I was creating mine and if you save it you can change it around to match the place you are applying to. First paragraph just states where you are applying and it helps if you have the name of a person to send it to. The second paragraph you sell yourself and detail why you would make an amazing addition to their staff - the template stated this could be up to 2 paragraphs. Then the last paragraph lets them know when you can start and any additional contact info, but mine was in the heading so I just mentioned my availability.

For me it was hard to "sell" myself, but I made a rough draft and let others take a look and tweak it here and there and i actually liked the finished product. Good Luck!!