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Week 9 Discussion Topic 2
by Karen Poulten - Friday, 27 September 2019, 1:41 PM
Your Cover Letter is the first part of a job application that a prospective employer will look at.How
do you think that you could improve your current Cover Letter to ensure that a job application that
you prepare will ‘stand out from the pile’.
You should write about ½ to 1 page.
Select the responses for 2 of your colleagues and discuss how your responses are similar or
different to theirs.Can you suggest any improvements for each of these colleagues?
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by Gayathri RAMIDI - Monday, 30 September 2019, 11:41 AM
The improvements suggested by my tutor for my own cover letter are as under:
Reference to the position for which I am applying should be mentioned before the
salutation and not after it.
Company name should be included in the first sentence.
The position criteria should be addressed by using keywords from the
advertisement.
Some general tips which can improve a cover letter further are as follow:
Finding a contact person will help us to personalize our cover letter.
Cover letter should be limited it to only a few paragraphs and it should be in a simple
language.
Our credentials mentioned in our cover letter should match the job requirements.
Bullet points can be used to focus on our specific skills.
Follow up information should be included in the end.
Email signatures should be added in it.
the balance careers (Feb 2019),
"How to make your cover letter stand out" , Alison Doyle
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Re: Week 9 Discussion Topic 2
by Cheng ZHANG - Thursday, 3 October 2019, 11:47 AM
Hi Gayathri,
I just want to say the first one 'Reference to the position for which I am applying should be
mentioned before the salutation and not after it. ' I have the same mistake before. I think
after fixing these mistakes, the formation is good enough, but you need to put your SFIA
skills to make it more competitive.
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Re: Week 9 Discussion Topic 2
by Prashant SUBEDI - Friday, 4 October 2019, 4:26 PM
Hi Gayathri,
Good analysis for the cover letter. this is something I can use for myself as well.
