Outline of Cover letter

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

  

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This is a good start on the body - obviously, the opening and closing paragraphs will need more detail, but the argument has workable organization.