Introduce your CV with a Cover Letter |
| Your cover letter is the perfect place to highlight exactly how your skills and experience match the job criteria. Make it super-obvious to the reader that you fulfill their needs. |
| Since each job will have different criteria, it makes sense to write a customised letter for each application. Review the information you have about the company and about the target job. Then, match your skills and experience to the company’s organisational culture and job criteria. |
| Your cover letter is a good place to address the most important points and tantalise your reader to read the next document - your Curriculum Vitae (CV). |
Your Cover Letter |
Your Letterhead |
| This is where you let the reader know how to contact you. Be sure to give your full postal address, an email address that you check regularly, and a telephone number that you answer. |
| Your postal address should be presented as it appears in the Royal Mail's database and be sure to include the postal code. |
| These days it is most likely that correspondence will be via email, at least initially. Check your email and your Junk Mail folder regularly. |
| If someone else answers your phone (e.g., your landline phone at home), either train them to answer the phone properly and to take a message accurately or don't use that phone number! If you are using an answerphone or voice mail, be sure that the message is professional-sounding. |
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