Cover Letter Outline

Submitted by cdilisio on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 10:10

My name

Address

Phone number

Date

Name of Person I’m addressing

Company Name

Company Address

Dear (name/ “Hiring Professional”/Human Resource Manager”)

I. Introduction

A. Why I’m interested in the company

i. Company values, ideals and how they relate/reflect on me

B. Where you got their add/information

II. Body

A. State why I’m qualified for the Job

i. Briefly name the traits and describe them in order

ii. Specifically but briefly describe experience that qualifies me, through jobs or internships held or through life/other experience (i.e. state how long a report was, where they can find work you’ve done, etc)

iii. State when graduation is expected

B. State people I know at the company or have talked to (if any)

C. Name Job your interested in

III. Conclusion

A. Restate, in the same organized order, your skills

B. Thank them for their time

C. May or may not put that you’ll be contacting them, best to call ahead and ask if that’s ok to do

D. End with name (printed AND signed) and phone number

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While this is a workable

Submitted by nkerns on Thu, 09/11/2008 - 15:25.

While this is a workable generic outline, for the assignment, we needed more personal info. Otherwise, it's not nearly as helpful towards planning what you are going to write.

Cover Letter Outline

While this is a workable

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ENGL 420: Business Writing