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 ...

Adjustment Letters An adjustment letter is a response to a written complaint. The objective is to inform the reader that their complaint has been received. It is also a legal document recording what decisions were made and what actions have or will be taken. Keep in mind that your reader has been inconvenienced. This is a prime goodwill building opportunity. Everybody makes mistakes and when a business owns up to one it goes along way to renewing the customer's confidence in a continued business relationship. The scope of your adjustment letter should reiterate the relevant facts of the claim. When the customer is right, include a forthright admission to that effect and extend a sincere apology. When the customer is not right, explain the reasons clearly and with every courtesy. Counter any negativity that may be in the complaint letter with a positive approach. Be gracious and emphasize the corrective steps being taken. Explanations for why the situation occurred are of less impor...

In general you write leave letters to your HR manager of your company. Though there are few types of writing a letter to your HR manager, you cannot use all of them. The type which you select depends on the reason for application of leave. In order to help you to find out the most common way of writing a leave letter to your manager, a sample leave letter to manager is posted below. Letter: 28 th  September 2010. To John Abrabam, HR Manager, Simcol Granites Exports Ltd. Delhi. Dear John, I am writing this letter to inform you that I am in need of leave for two weeks for an important reason, which you can find in this letter. I want leave from the 1 st  of October to 14 th  of October. I will be back to office on 15 th  most positively and will take on all my pending works and complete it as soon as possible. The main reason for my leave is to complete the formalities of selling one of our family lands. Since, I am one of the joint owners of the property, I must prese...

School leave letter is written for applying leave in schools. Usually parents of the child writes the letter on behalf of their son or daughter. The letter must contain the number of leave days required and the reason for the leave. The letter is addressed to the class teacher or principal of the school in most cases. Below you can look a sample school leave letter from which you can observe the format and type of the letter to be written. Letter: James N. Ruff 3988 Elk Avenue Lansing, MI 48933 28 th  March, 2002 To, Class Teacher, Grade II, CINS high school, Lansing. Dear Madam, My daughter Linda is studying in Grade II in your school and I am writing this letter to inform you that my daughter Linda will not be able to attend classes for 3 days from tomorrow as her grandmother has been hospitalized. Since, Linda’s mother must be there at the hospital, there is no one to look after Linda and make her up to the school. So, I kindly request you to grant her leave for three days from ...

Leave application letter should be most effective so that when your employer takes a look at it, he should convince immediately and process your leave application. To write an effective leave letter, you must know some basic details to be covered in the letter. Take a look at the sample effective leave application letter shown below in order to know the basics of effective leave application letter. Letter: Jason O. Rodgers 2522 Farnum Road New York, NY 10016 12 th  May 2002 To Simon Charlie HR Manager, Lucetaic Ltd. Chennai. Dear Simon Charlie, I am writing this letter to inform you that I may not be able to attend office for three days from 15 th  May to 17 th  May 2002. My leave period can extend depending on the success of my work and completion of registration of one new land deal in the sub-urbs. If my legal registration work gets over in two days, I will be back to office in two days. In case of any changes in the schedule, I will inform you as soon as possible. I h...

Military officers and personals are really loaded with work in safeguarding their country, which makes them hard to avail leave from duty. In case of any emergency or important problem in family, it is the duty of the officer to attend it responsibly. Applying for leave via leave letter is the same and the content and the way of writing military leave letter is quite different. Have a look at the sample military letter below. Letter: 12 th  April 2003 To, Wolfe Robert, Commander General, Army Head Quarters California. Dear Sir, I am Jean Derks, working as the captain of USA army. I am working in army for the last 7 years and I have been to my home only 3 times in between. I am writing this letter to inform you that I am in need of one month leave to visit my home and take care of my sick mother. Yesterday I got a letter from my family doctor that my mother is diagnosed with cancer and she is in her last stage of life. As a only son of my mother, it is my responsibility to be with h...

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...

Learn how to write Maternity Leave Letter. You can use this sample Maternity Leave Letter format directly as well. Dear Sir, I am writing this letter to inform you that I wish to take maternity leave starting from date. As you are aware I am pregnant and the baby is due on (date).I have attached the relevant medical application and other details. I would like to avail the entire maternity leave and benefits. Please guide me through the process of applying for the benefits. The leave I would like to apply from (date) to (date).I also want to add up my annual leave along with the maternity leave so that I can be with the baby after the delivery. All in together I would be taking a 3 months leave and will join immediately after that. But in case of any complication I will inform you about the extension of the leave. I hope you will consider my situation and allow me to take the annual leave along with the maternity leave, please confirm me the dates of leave and also the date of joining b...

Learn how to write Maternity Leave Letter. You can use this sample Maternity Leave Letter format directly as well. Dear Sir, I am writing this letter to inform you that I wish to take maternity leave starting from date. As you are aware I am pregnant and the baby is due on (date).I have attached the relevant medical application and other details. I would like to avail the entire maternity leave and benefits. Please guide me through the process of applying for the benefits. The leave I would like to apply from (date) to (date).I also want to add up my annual leave along with the maternity leave so that I can be with the baby after the delivery. All in together I would be taking a three month leave and will join immediately after that. But in case of any complication I will inform you about the extension of the leave. I would also request to give me details about the hospital covered under the office insurance or please give me the person’s name that can help me go through the process. I...

Asking your employer for a casual 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 leave. It will be a good thing if you will give a reason for which you are taking a leave. Here is a sample casual leave letter: Richard Jones, 42, View Hill, Berlin 20 th  April, 2010 To, Andrew Gotham, Department Head, Pristine Telecom Berlin Dear Mr. Gotham, Ref: Casual Leave Letter I wish to apply for 7 days leave, as I have to attend a telecom conference from 23 nd  to 27 th  April. This is an important conference as I would come across with many new and advance technologies that we can use to update our telecom system. I am keenly interested in attending this conference so as to learn the revolutionary aspects of telecom industry. With the conference there will be a 2...

Leave letter in general is written to get permission for a person’s absence from office for a stipulated period of time. In the letter, the person can provide with a valid reason for his absence from office if he feels that the reason can be disclosed. In cases of personal reasons, the person can just mention that because of some personal problems he or she wants to avails leave to solve the problem. Take a look at the sample absence leave letter given below. Letter: Vernon C. Legler 1615 Wilkinson Court North Naples, FL 33963 25 th  June 2009 To Ryan Heintz General Manager, Realtek Solutions, United States Dear Mr. Heintz, I am writing this letter to inform you that I am in need of leave of absence from office for three days starting from 26 th  June 2009. Since, I have a personal problem to be solved with my family, I am unable to mention the exact reason for my absence from office. I have transferred the work that I was dealing at the moment to Clara Samuel and she was alre...

Maternity leave letter is written by pregnant women to get leave approval for baby delivery. As a letter must contain short and brief information regarding the leave, one must clearly specify their baby due date and also their period of leave. If you are wishing to take your full maternity leave, then you have to enclose a maternity leave application in most cases. It depends on the procedure of independent industries. A sample is shown below. Letter: Constance W. Lopez 3725 Davisson Street Fairmount, IN 46928 14 November 2001 To Peter Humphrey HR, Computeyour technologies, New York Dear Mr. Peter, I write this letter to inform you that I am nearing my baby due date and my doctor has given 21 st  November as my due date for baby delivery. He also advised me to be under his supervision as soon as possible. So, I want to inform you that I need leave for 8 weeks starting from 16 th  November. In addition I want to inform you that I have my full annual leave allowance and cover my...

Many students take leave from college because of many reasons. The reason can vary from family functions or problems, any health related problems, important and personal problems. The format of writing the college leave letter is the same but there should be little more added details in a college leave letter like your roll number, department and other personal details related to college. Take a look at the following sample college leave letter to understand better. Letter: 8 th  March 2010 To, The Principal, Sarabah College of Technology, Arasambatti, Chennai. Respected Sir, I am Michelle Johnson studying in III year Information Technology in your college. My Student ID number is IT20070934. I am writing this letter to inform you that I am going to undergo a small surgery this 12 th  March, 2010 to remove stones formed in my kidney. In addition, doctors advised to take complete bed rest for one week after surgery. So, I kindly request you to understand my situation and grant ...

Learn how to write Office Leave Letter. You can use this sample Office Leave Letter format directly as well. Your name Your Address Your City state, zip Your Phone number, Your Email Date Name Position, Department Office address, City, State,Zip. Re Annual leave letter Dear name, I am writing this letter to apply for the annual leave of four weeks which I can avail as per the company policy. I have not availed any of the leaves from past six months so I would like to apply for leave starting from date( ). The main reason for this leave is that I have to be with my father for an open heart surgery. I am the only son and I remember informing you that the operation is to be conducted in the dates I applied for leave, I would like to be with my father for a month as this operation requires two months rest and care. I wish to be with him during the operation and after care for at least a month. I will make sure that I hand over all my responsibilities to another employee from our and explai...

Casual leave letters are very simple to write and it is very much needed in places where you want to take leaves for one or two days. Causal leave letter does not require any specific format of text or content. Just address the employer softly requesting him to grant you leave for a couple of days with a valid reason, if you have any. Take a look at the sample casual leave letter below to have a better understanding. Letter: Dianne D. Lockett 1804 Strother Street Birmingham, AL 35203 12 th  June 2005 Michel John, Head, HR Department, Borewell Industries, New York. Dear Mr. John, I am writing this letter to inform you that I am in need of one day leave on 15 th  June. I need to take my daughter to hospital in order to check her teeth and mouth as she is suffering from pain for last two days. Though she has consulted my family doctor and taking medicines for these days, it is safe to consult with a dentist. I will be back to office on 16 th  June and you can reach me any ti...