Writing A Cover Letter ...

   Cover Letter is generally required to write for

• Apply a job
• Position at a certain company
• intuition or postgraduate study program at a certain university

      Aim of the letter is to express your interest in that position / program and tell how your qualifications, skills and personality traits and work experience would benefit that company  or assist you in order to further academic studies.

      The samples above will give you an idea as to format of a cover letter, content and organization.

Format 1

Your present address

City,zip code,country

Date of letter

Recipient's name

Title

Employer (institution or company)

Address

Salutation     (Dear Mr/Ms .....:

                        Dear Sir / Madam:)

Beginning     -   the reason for writing

                      -   the specific position or type of work you apply for

                      -   how you learned of the opening

                      -   your current position (student or graduate , major and university)

Middle          -   the reason for your interest in the institution and position

                      -   your qualifications, skills, experience needed for the position

                      -   your personality traits useful for the position

Ending         -   reference to the enclosed resume

                     -   how and when you can be reaches for an interview

                     -   a statement that will encourage a response

Closing        - thanking

(Truly / Sincerely / Faithfully) yours,

signature                 

typed name              

Format 2

Your present address

City,zip code,country

Date of letter

Recipient's name

Title

Employer (institution or company)

Address

CONTENT SAME AS ABOVE

(Truly / Sincerely / Faithfully) yours,

signature                 

typed name

              For content part, you can use either Block Style and Indentation in paragraphing.

Block Style

Address

date

address

Dear______:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely

Signature

Name

Line space: 1 and Par.space:1.5

Indentation

Address

date

address

Dear______:

indentation________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

indentation___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely

Signature

Name

Line space: 1.5 and Par.space: 2