What’s the role of a Cover Letter?

The role of the application letter is to draw a clear connection between the job you are seeking and your qualifications listed in the resume. To put it another way, the letter matches the requirements of the job with your qualifications, emphasising how you are right for that job.

If the Cover Letter isn’t a lengthy summary of the resume, then what’s it?

Cover letter is a selectively mentions information in the resume, as appropriate. Employers receive hundreds of letters and resumes for each advertised position vacancy. Your letter, therefore, will have to be well written and designed to attract attention in a positive way in order to receive a favorable response.

What are the principles for writing a successful Cover Letter?

1. Your cover letter should communicate something personal about you along with information that is specific for the company

2. Cover letter must be individually written and originally typed, single spaced on a good quality paper matching the paper used in your resume.

3. The cover letter should be one page in length and addressed to a specific individual.

What are the sections in a successful Cover Letter?

1. Introductory paragraph

2. Main body paragraphs (functional approach or thematic approach)

3. Closing paragraph

Characterize the introductory paragraph.

This first paragraph of the application letter is the most important; it sets everything up — the tone, focus, as well as your most important qualification. A better idea is to do something like the following: state the purpose of the letter, indicate the source of your information about the job, state one eye-catching, attention-getting thing about yourself in relation to the job. Try to make this part as short as it possible.

Characterize the body of the Cover Letter and the two approaches which can be used here.

State why you are interested in the position, the company, its products or services, and, above all, indicate what you can do for the employer. In the main parts of the application letter, you present your work experience, education, training. There are two common ways to present this information: Functional approach — This one presents education in one section, and work experience in the other. Thematic approach — This one divides experience and education into groups such as "management," "technical," "financial," and so on and then discusses your work and education related to them in separate paragraphs.