Cover Letter

Cover Letter
(Letter of Application)

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A cover letter or covering letter can also be called ...

• Letter of Complaint

• Personal Letter

• Letter of Application

• Letter of Affirmation

• applicative form

Cover Letter

​What is cover letter?

When you send your CV to apply for a position, you should also include a short letter. This letter is called a covering letter or (in American English) a cover letter. A covering letter sent with a CV/resume is also called a letter of application. Your letter of application is a sales letter. The product it is selling is your CV.

Multiple Choice

What does CV stand for?

• Computer Vision
• Curriculum Vitae
• Control Valve
• Civic Vehicle
• Company Vitae

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Job applicants must send a cover letter _______ sending their resume.

• before

• after

• as soon as possible

• when

• if

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What is the primary purpose of a resume?

• To showcase relevant education background, skills and experiences to potential employers

• To serve as a personal reference for the applicant.
• To provide a detailed biography of the applicant.
• To list all of a person's hobbies.
• To list all the jobs you have ever had

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Applicant has the same meaning of ...

• applicant form
• employee

• job seeker
• candidate
• worker

​Content

The reader of your letter may be busy and unwilling to waste time on unnecessary details. You should therefore design your letter to be easy to read. It should be short, concise and relevant. It should not be too formal or complicated.

Multiple Choice

A cover letter should be

• clear and concise
  

• friendly and funny
  

• long and detailed

• formal and complecated

• user friendly

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If a cover letter is poorly-written, most employers will _______ the applicant.

• forgive

• reject

• accept

• contact

​Your letter should:

1. confirm that you are applying for the position

2. say where you learned about the position

3. say why you want the position

4. say why you would be a benefit to the company

5. request an interview

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Which topic isn't normally mentioned in a cover letter?

• the salary

• the position

• the company

• the education

​The layout of a modern business letter in English is very simple.

Your address is at the top, on the right or in the middle.

The rest of the letter can be in 'block' format, with each line starting on the left.

Try to keep the whole letter on one single page, with plenty of white space.

​Format

1. Your address - telephone - fax - email

2. Date

3. Destination name and address

4. Reference

5. Salutation (Dear...)

6. Subject

7. Body

8. Ending (Yours...)

9. Your signature

10. Your name

Multiple Choice

Which date format is best for an English cover letter?

• October 19th, 2022
  

• 19/10/22
  

• 10/19/22

• 19 Oktober 2022

Multiple Choice

2020, Sam Ratulangi University, Electrical Engineering

• education

• accomplishments

• work history

• target job

• capabilities

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2011 - present, Etihad Airways, assistant Head of R&D

• work history

• accomplishment

• skills

• target job

• education