WRITING A COVER LETTER

Parts of a Business Letter This resource is organized in the order in which you should write a business letter, starting with the sender's address if the letter is not written on letterhead. Sender's Address The sender's address usually is included in letterhead. If you are not using letterhead, include the sender's address at the top of the letter one line above the date. Do not write the sender's name or title, as it is included in the letter's closing. Include only the street address, city, and zip code. Date The date line is used to indicate the date the letter was written. However, if your letter is completed over a number of days, use the date it was finished in the date line. When writing to companies within the United States, use the American date format. (The United States-based convention for formatting a date places the month before the day. For example: June 11, 2001. ) Write out the month, day and year two inches from the top of the page. Depending ...

Asking your employer for an annual leave is a simple process. You just have to keep few things in your mind like the tone of the letter should be formal, the letter should be concise with the exact number of days you will be on leave. It should also mention the date of joining once you will be back from vacations. It will be a good thing if you will give a complete status of your job work as it will help your employer to understand your schedule and if needed he can hand over your work to other members of your team. Here is a sample of annual leave letter: Alex Simond, Pearl Infotech, London, 19 th  April 2010 To, Raeal Nomes Department Head, Pearl Infotech, London Dear Ms. Nomes, Ref: Annual Leave Letter I am writing this letter to request you to formalize my annual leave of four weeks that I can avail as part of my employment with the organization. I wish to avail my leave from 21 st  May, 2010. The reason for this is that I am getting married on 25 th  August, 2010. So...

Application letter is written for various reasons say application for job requisition, business application letter, and scholarship letter and so on. The application letters should be drafted in such a manner that it is self explanatory giving out all the details that the application letter should reveal in it. Application letters are so much important in our daily life that without application letter one cannot place his request, or one cannot express his feelings etc and many more things. Without application letters our life is very much incomplete. Patrick V. Witt  35746 Haley St  Newark, CA 94560-1161 11 th  October 2010. Subject: Sample application. Dear Patrick,  I am writing to explore the possibility of employment as Document Controller in your reputable firm. I am a Computer Science graduate of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. I bring with me several years of experience as information systems analyst of leading companies that include ...

When an appeal for promotion should be made the tone has to be polite. Promotions are giving by the company when company feels that the employee has made all its effort for growth and performed really well with respect to his job. But if the person himself recommends his name for promotion; he writes an appeal letter for promotion to his higher authority officers. But he should keep in mind he is addressing to his senior authorities. Mr. Robert D. Robinson Managing Director-Pinnacle Group of Companies Pvt. Ltd 3015 Fort Street Buxton, NC 27959 02 September, 2010 Subject: APPEAL LETTER FOR PROMOTION Dear, Mr. Robinson I Mr. James R. Nix working with Pinnacle Group of Companies Pvt. Ltd for the tenure of 3 years as a Senior Accounts Officer. Within 3 years of period I have proved myself in all aspects of companies’ requirement. I had joined this company as Junior Accounts Office and within one year I make up to level of Senior Accounts Officer. It’s been two year now I am acting as Senio...

Today every company needs its employees to be well trained and for this they hire trainers. So if you want to apply for a trainer’s post with some company make a well written and impressive cover letter. Give a detail account of your skill and experiences that helps the employer to think about you. Here is a sample training cover letter: From: Nicolas Pearson Flat #43, Church Road, Mason Street, Alberta To: Erick Christopher, New Horizon, 2107, Avenue Street, Alberta 26 th  May, 2010 Dear Mr. Christopher, I am interested in the Trainer’s position advertised on Jobportal.com and would wish to offer my services for the same. I am a certified language trainer with a work experience of more than seven years. I have trained a number of students including the corporate personnel. I have developed a new training methodology according to the psychological level of trainees which yielded a high percentage of good results. My training style, psychometric analysis, presentation skills and pro...

June 2, 2012 Name/Title Mary Roe Address 795 E Dragram City, State, Zip   Code   Tucson, AZ, 85705 Dear John, I am   writing this   letter   and I hope you also know the reason that why   I am writing this   letter. We have already discussed and agreed on separating.   I am shifting to Manchester permanently with Jim and Ritz. You can be in   contact  with them as you want. As Jim and Ritz our son, I expect you to share some amount of finance for there   studies   for some months as I will be looking for job there; it is not compulsion on you its just request to you. I still respect you and love you for what you are. And I wish you have all the success in your life. Will be sending you the divorce   paper   soon.   Please sign  the copy and send me back.

Summary: This is a sample of a simple resignation letter that is written very concisely, stating just the essential information such as the letter’s intent (resignation), position and the notice period as required in a contractual agreement. A simple request for the responsibilities to be passed over is made. From: Lewis L. Morning 4061 Rafe Lane Noxapater, MS 39346 To: Caleb Haszler 1102 Frosty Lane East Syracuse, NY 13057 12 th  May 2010 Dear Mr. Haszler Please accept my resignation as the Office Manager from your esteemed organization. We worked together for a long time and it was nice experience to work in this professional and highly reputed firm. I am leaving company for certain reasons and I believe that you will consider them. They are some personal matters and I got another good job to join. I am writing this letter you clear all the things between two of us. According to my contract, I am giving one month’s notice as from today. Kindly arrange to relieve me of my responsi...

Dear Sir, This is in reference to the advertisement for the position of an accountant you advertised in the ___________ newspaper. I have five years of experience working with __________ Company and I have gained good experience in the corporate world. I have well versed with all kinds of accountancy related job. I have been with the health industry for past five years and I am sure given a chance I can be the best candidate for your hospital. I have heard about the hospital and the work culture from my friends who work there about the way you take care of the employees and the patients. I feel I hold many qualities and extensive experience, effective interpersonal skills that would be well used within this position, and therefore, I am attaching my resume for your information. I request to have a meeting with you and discuss my abilities and qualities with you. If you need ant further information please feel free to call me at this number. Sincerely, Your name.