Outline for the Cover Letter

I. Introduction

       A. Heading

                   1. Title

                   2. Company's Name

                   3. Contact Person/ Address

                   4. Date

                   5. Reply Information ( my email, etc.)

II. Letter

          A. Body

              1. Introduction

                    a. Source of ad

                    b. Describe my availablity

               2. Content  of the body

                  b. Discuss my Qualifications (team leader, time manager, communication  skills)

                  c. Discuss prior work experience ( USF Library, FBLA, International Club)

                  d. Convicnce the employer (why I suit this position, why I should be hired)

                  e. Contact Information

III. Conclusion

                   1. Inform about calling them to schedule an appointment

                   2. Ending Greetings

Nicole George

5422 S. 250 E.

Lafayette, IN 47909

nlgeorge@purdue.edu

September 8, 2008

I. Why I am interested and applying for the job ad. - Introduction

    a. Who I am and why I am writing

    b. why the ad looks appealing

    c. how I might help the company

    d. stating the mission statement and a little about the history

II. The argument

    a. my skills

         i. information about how I have worked for the company for the past 2.5 years

         ii. how my degree of Management will help

         iii. personal qualities like excellent communicator, great people person, team-worker, etc.

    b. a benefit to why they company should hire me

III. Closing

    a. restate the mission statement

    b. restating why I qualify for this job

    c. Thanking the company and letting them know when I will be contacting them

I. Saw the job ad on monster.com and was interested
    a. Job combines two strengths of mine
    b. Sounds like a good position (posting #21213)

II. The job requires a large skillset, and I have a deep, broad skillset to match
    a. I am experienced in web development and data modeling.
    b. This job requires a mastery of several technologies which I possess.
    c. Job is interesting because it requires more than technical skills
        i. Communication is important to make things understood between business users and technical users
        ii. Project management skills are part of my personality

III. Request an interview
    a. Excited about the possibility of meeting to discuss how I might meet the company's needs
    b. Discuss how my skillset can aid Mayo Clinic's push into Bioinformatics and personalized medicine.
    c. Note that I am flexible, but traveling to MN requires some notice.
  

I.                    Notification of what I am looking for and short info about me

a.       Looking for an internship position during the summer

b.      Current CTI student at Purdue

c.       Entering senior year

d.      I want the job because I feel it will broaden my scope of knowledge in aviation

II.                 Qualifications

a.       I am a CTI student which puts me on the short hiring list at the FAA

b.      I am a current private pilot and instrument student

c.       I have worked on the scene of aircraft accidents

d.      I have worked with other jobs around the aviation industry including line service.

III.             Avalibility

a.       From June 8 – Oshkosh (July 28)

b.      Can assist company while at Oshkosh

c.       Ready and willing to relocate to Oklahoma City today

d.      Contact Info

• Title Block
  • My address
  • Date
  • Address where resume is to be sent
• Opening paragrahp
  • Where I found the posting
  • Traits that align with the company
    • Hard worker
    • Customer oriented
    • Quick learner
• Body
  • My skills and qualifications
    • Flight time in different aircraft equiptment
    • GPA
    • Honors
      • Dean's list
      • Semester Honors
    • Fit with requirement for the position
• Wrap up
  • Leadership positions
  • Tie in with United Airlines (parent company) Internship
    • Industry knowledge
    • Teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Closer
  • Looking forward to an interview
  • Contact information
• Salutation

Ms. Sarah Hassert,

• Header
  • Kristie Reid
  • Sonoma Partners LLP
  • 525 West Monroe Street
  • Suite #240
  • Chicago, Illinois 60661

• Opening paragraph
  • Found the ad on Purdue's CCO website
  • Job Ad Title - .NET Software Developer Internship
  • Job Descriptoin - work on a team developing, testing, deploying and supporting data-driven Internet, intranet and extranet applications using the .NET Framework
  • Mention how my resume shows I have this experience

• Body
  • Mention that i have participated in 2 internships
    
  • discuss discover internship
    • how I had to be a self-starter
      
    • worked on multiple projects at once
  • discuss prime software internship and how it was microsoft based
  • capability to handle job
• Conclusion
  • looking forward to a response
    
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