A standard and professional format of writing a covering letter puts a great impression on the reader. A covering letter should contain all the important information about you. It is better to send a typed letter than hand written. Here is a sample covering letter lecturer: From: Aisha Barclay #57, Madison and Park Avenue, Vinegar Hills, New York To: Father Basil Edward College of Commerce and Management, Bushwick, New York 24 th June, 2010 Dear Father Edward, I have the honor to apply for the post of lecturer in economics advertised in the New York Times of 21 st June, 2010. It will be my pleasure to work with an elite institute. I have enclosed my resume for your kind perusal and would like to brief it. My education comprises of a bachelor and a master degree in economics and I am perusing PhD in the same. My thesis has been submitted and I am waiting for the degree to be awarded. During my research I deeply studied the share market economy and its dependency on the foreig...