u/whomusic

This is a question for anyone hiring institutional giving positions (grant writers, managers, associate directors - mid-career grant roles).

What are you looking to be communicated in a cover letter for this type of position specifically, beyond what's listed in the resume?

I'm trying to come up with a checklist/default outline so I can make sure I'm highlighting the right strengths and accomplishments. I have been a freelance grant writer for 4.5 years (total of 9-ish years total as a grant writer) and am looking to go back to a salaried position for cash flow stability and focus (task switching between clients and managing the admin end on top of doing the actual work is exhausting).

This is hard advice to find on the general internet, because everyone keeps saying "no one reads the cover letters", but as an institutional fundraiser whose main job is to write grants, I have always thought of the cover letter as the first writing sample, so I really can't phone it in.

Thanks for your help!

Several posts on this sub have already helped, so thanks to this community! I'm looking for some additional advice. Is there a "best practice" (besides time) for switching comfortably between distance and computer glasses to make the adaptation and transition process smoother?

I have worn glasses for nearly 20 years, since I was in my late teens. I have only ever had a distance pair (farsighted, with astigmatism in both eyes; the left astigmatism is new). I have finally gotten used to my new distance prescription after some trial and error. However, the computer was still causing significant eye strain in my left eye, so I got a second opinion and was prescribed computer glasses for the first time for intermediate work.

This new pair has helped quite a bit, but I'm still within the first couple days of using the new glasses, and while the eye strain isn't constant like it was with the distance pair, by the end of the day, the strain in my left eye is pretty significant. I'm also finding that I feel a little wobbly in the first minute or two of switching. (Not fully dizzy, just sort of "off", almost like brain fog.) It borders on headache-inducing at some points.

Writing is the main component of my job, so I'm at my computer most of the day, though I try to take breaks. But I'm afraid progress is going to be lost because I'm about to go on vacation.

I know the main answer is time, but I'm hoping there are some tips for how to make the actual transition process between each pair less jarring.

Thanks in advance for any help.

ETA: Each pair is single vision, both made of polycarbonate, with the same PD. The distance pair is +2.5 in each eye (with adjustments for the astigmatism). I don't have the Rx for the computer pair with me, but I believe the magnification is somewhere between +3 or +3.5. I will update when I figure it out.