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Writing a Cover Letter

As with CV writing, there are few firmCover letters should be no longer than a
rules for producing a cover letter, onlyfew paragraphs - three or four ideally -
suggestions and guidelines. Despite aas their purpose is to provide a short
range of different suggestions andsummary of how you meet the requirements
advice for composing one, one thing thatof the role and highlight the most
is agreed upon universally is thatrelevant parts of your CV. Limit your
without a good quality cover letter ascover letter to a side of A4 and, if
an accompaniment to your CV, the impactissuing a hard copy, print it onto the
of your application can be severelysame type of good quality paper as your
limited.CV.
It is important that you spend aIn your first sentence, state who you
sufficient amount of time writing yourare and why you are writing and, if you
cover letter. This will allow you toare applying for a specific job posting,
highlight the most relevant parts ofcite the title of the vacancy plus any
your CV - those that make you mostreference number provided by the
suitable for the role and enticecompany. If someone else has referred
potential employers to read on. Rememberyou to the organisation, include this in
that your cover letter should answer theyour opening paragraph too. Be clear
question, "What can this person do forabout why you are applying for that
us?" This doesn't relate only to postedparticular role at that particular
applications; if you are emailing yourcompany.
CV it is still crucial that you composeFollowing on from your introduction,
a cover letter that grasps the attentiontake up to three points of particular
of its recipient. The style of anrelevance from your CV and provide
emailed covering letter should mirrorfurther details. Do not simply copy what
that of a posted application (avoid theyou have already written in your CV -
temptation to adopt a casual tone whenpick out the main highlights and
emailing your CV) this will ensure thatre-phrase them, expanding where
you create a professional impressionnecessary, but try to keep this section
from the outset.to just one or two paragraphs.
Wherever possible, address your coverIn your closing paragraph, reiterate
letter to a specific person. Even if youyour enthusiasm for discussing how you
are sending your CV out on a speculativemeet the requirements of the role during
basis, you should try to find out thean interview and thank the recipient for
name of the head of department or the HRtheir time. To finish, you have two
manager at the company that you areoptions; you can either make a
applying to - a simple phone call to thecommitment to contacting them at a
company's reception should be all thatspecified time and date for feedback
is required to obtain this type ofabout your application or you can state
information. Letters addressed to 'Sirthat you will await their response. If
Madam' will create a similar level ofyou do commit to contacting them again,
interest to those you receive that areensure you do so. As with your CV, check
entitled 'Occupier' - highly impersonal(and double check) for spelling and
and much less likely to engage thegrammatical errors. Your cover letter
reader of your application.should be as flawless as your CV.



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