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Covering Letter Structure

Outline of Covering Letter

Person’s Name,
Position,
Organisation,
Address.

Your Address Here
Telephone Number ( in bold)
E-mail Address ( in bold)

Today’s Date.

Re: Job Title / Vacancy / Reference No.

Dear Person’s Name,

First Paragraph - WHY YOU ARE WRITING AND WHERE YOU SAW ADVERTISEMENT - "...to enquire if you have vacancies in... in response to your advertisement in..."

Next Paragraph(s) - EVIDENCE OF WHAT YOU CAN OFFER THE EMPLOYER - Arouse enthusiasm, give an outline of background, qualifications, work experience or interests related to the position.

Ideally you would answer the following questions:

Why the company / organisation / department?
Why you?
Why the job?

Final Paragraph - ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Conclude and reiterate your interest, availability for interview and close with a confident statement.

Yours sincerely (when you know the name of the addressee)

Yours faithfully (when you do not know the name)

____ Signature, hand-written________

NAME IN BLOCK CAPITALS

Career Development Centre
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0)91 493589, Fax: +353 (0)91 494570
This page was last updated Friday, September 24, 2010