Today we’re gonna talk about how to build a cover letter. And you think about building a cover letter, there are the components to the cover letter that are extremely important for you to remember. A cover letter can stream you in or out. If you’re attaching a cover letter along with a resume, if you’re sending a cover letter based on a business proposal, there is some of the basics, the same basic components that you want to take into consideration.
I would encourage you to take look at what are you going to say in this cover letter, who is it going to, and what’s the point or purpose of sending a cover letter. The cover letters are like the best, also have your name, address and also your contact information at the top of the page, just like you would have resume. And then when you completed that you would have top left the date, current date, and then the name of the person that you’re sending the cover letter to or the department if you don’t know the name of the person, it could be human resource department, the name of the company, accurate address or e-mail address if you e-mail it.
And then you would have possibly a purpose of your letter if you sending the letter to a job number as an example. You might put a job number 35214, and then if you do not know the name of the person, I would encourage you to say so: Dear Human Resources Professional,. If you know the name of the person, I would go ahead and use a formality of Dear Ms. Jones, or Dear Mr. Jones,. Go ahead and use you the formality; they would appreciate you’ve gone through to think about that.
The first paragraph of the letter is about the company. If you look at the many many cover letters as examples, they all start a paragraph with a letter I, not a letter, the word I. You want to not have as many statements on your cover letter starting with the I. So let’s do something unique and creative. Think about: Dear Mr. Jones, ABC Company is an outstanding organization having been recognized far. ABC Company is the company that is of strong interest or great interest to me due to your products and quality products that you develop. Say something about the company. Most people immediately start the cover letter with a letter with ‘I am applying’ or ‘I am writing to you’. Say something about the company.
The second sentence would be: so, Susan Smith referred me to you with hope having information of interview or Doug Arnold refers me to you in hopes that we would be able to sit down and explore the opportunities in your company. I still haven’t said ‘I’. The second paragraph would be my experience in the area of is directly supportive of the type of position that you’re looking to fill, or if you used an “I” in the second paragraph, you would say: the position posted for Product Specialist II is great interest to me. I believe that my experience and expertise would be of value to your organization. And then bullet two or three statements about why you believe you are an excellent fit.
Then last sentence, paragraph would be: I would appreciate the opportunity to visit with you personally. Thank you for your strong consideration. Best Regards, and your name and a space to sign it if you sign it, or if not, just your name. And that’s how to build a cover letter.
============================================ 내일 나오는 비디오에서 리치 알렉산더氏의 cover letter에 대한 어드바이스가 다시 올라올 예정입니다. 보다 더 정확하고 체계적인 강의가 이루어질 것입니다. 하지만 오늘의 비디오에서 명심하셔야 할 사항은 바로 "You want to not have as many statements on your cover letter starting with the I" 이 문장입니다.
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