Return-to-work · $7 · 5 minutes
A cover letter
for the return.
Gaps in resumes get filled with anxiety by the reader. We fill them with one direct sentence, then redirect to what you're bringing now.
Example output
Dear Northpoint Team,
I'm applying for the Senior Marketing Manager role. To address the obvious: I took three years off between 2022 and 2025 to care for a parent through end-of-life. That period is over. I'm returning to work full-time.
What I bring to this role: eight years of B2B marketing pre-gap, the last three of which were senior IC at Loomly. The work I'm proudest of: the demand-gen pipeline I built that drove $4.2M in 2021. The market has shifted, but the muscles haven't atrophied — I've kept reading, kept consulting on a small scale, and kept current on the tooling.
References from my last two managers are available, both of whom were aware of the gap and have offered to speak to it.
Best,
Alex Whitfield
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Common questions
- Will it feel template-y?
- No. The opener and the specifics come from your inputs — that's what kills the template feel.
- How long is it?
- 250-350 words. One screen. That's what recruiters actually read.