How to make your cover letter impressive to Apply for a Job

You will be usually asked to write a cover letter whenever you are applying for job or volunteer activity. It also means that you could be judged according to your cover letter, for it is a letter that you can request for the opportunity, show yourself, and make some first impressions to the judge. That’s why cover letter need to be impressive and effective.

There are a few simple steps to writing cover letter that you can impress the selection committee.

You as a sender need to state the address of your own and of the company or someone you are writing to.

You can be friendly by putting greeting or salutation in the letter. You can put Dear Sir, Dear Madam, or Dear Sir/Madam, etc.

For the first paragraph, you can introduce your reader by including the position you want to apply and how you can get the calling information.

Next, it is an important paragraph because you need to express yourself in detail why you should be selected. In this part, showing your motivation and confident is very helpful for being a successful applicant.




After that, you can provide some additional information. For example, you state your condition for the job.

Lastly, the conclusion can be about convenient time for interviewing, promise, and so on.

At the end of the letter, full name is included with the words “Yours faithfully” or “Yours sincerely”.

 

Note: There is no specific rule or step to write a good letter; you can be creative to write it.