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Covering Letters and Emails

A covering letter or email is really important as it is likely to provide any potential employer with their first impression of you. It is also a useful tool to summarise your skills and motivations.

Here are some tips and examples to help you….

Covering Letters:
• Your address goes in the top right hand corner.
• The company address goes to the left hand side.
• If you have a named contact, use Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms and end Yours sincerely.
• If you do not have a named contact, use Dear Sir/Madam and end Yours faithfully.
• Always state where you saw the vacancy i.e website, newspaper etc
• Do not repeat everything in your CV, pick out the most relevant points in relation to your experience, skills and qualities
• Always put a date on the letter.

Please click here for an EXAMPLE COVERING LETTER

Sending an Application via Email:

• The email will provide the first impression of you and is usually printed off and attached to your CV/application form.
• Write a longer email if you are not attaching a separate covering letter.
• If you have a named contact, use Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms and end Yours sincerely.
• If you do not have a named contact, use Dear Sir/Madam and end Yours faithfully.
• Make sure you write using a professional approach and language.
• Make sure you attach the documents you say are attached!
• Check your spelling and grammar before you send the email, ask a friend or the Student Job Shop to double check.

Please click here for some example covering emails.

For a printable version of this page please click here.