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THE LETTER OF APPLICATION 1. INTRODUCTION A letter of application should accompany your CV, and these two items form a package. The letter has a number of purposes: • It allows you to sell yourself by pointing out key features of your CV. • It gives you the opportunity to include material that is not in the CV, especially personal qualities that you listed when making your preparations. • It shows a prospective employer that you know how to write a letter. While this may be of decreasing importance in an electronic age, many employers still value it highly, both as a skill in its own right and as a test of your ability to communicate clearly and effectively. Some employers may be flooded with a stack of a hundred or more CVs on any …show more content…

3. STANDARD LAY-OUT OF LETTER OF APPLICATION (AM/ENG) Your Name Present Address City, State, Zip Home phone (optional) Work phone (optional) e-mail Address (optional) . Return Address 000 Street City, State 00000-0000 Date Month 00, 200_ Inside Address Name Contact, Title Company/Organisation 000 Street City, State 00000-0000 RE: Full-time Software Engineering Position with Boeing in Seattle Dear Ms./Mr. _____________: (Never use "Dear Sir/Madam." Always find the name of a specific contact person. This can easily be done by simply calling the organisation and asking whom is in charge of hiring/your interest area. Get the correct spelling of the person's name. First/ OpeningParagraph: Why you are writing. Are you applying for a specific position or want to know if specific types of positions are, or will be available. * Describe why you are interested in the job description and employer. Use specific statements that are professional and unique to you. Make your letter interesting to read. * State where and how you heard about the position, unless stated in the RE salutation. * Provide major and graduation date; unless stated in the RE salutation.. Second and Consecutive Paragraphs: * Why you are interested in and qualified for the position and/or organisation. Avoid lengthy paragraphs of more than five or six lines or three to five sentences. Keep your sentences simple (though, not every sentence should be a simple sentence) and to the point. *

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