Sample Cover Letter For Resume

A cover letter is seen as a pretty good way of backing up your resume. It is a letter written by either you or someone else (in which case, it is called a reference letter) emphasizing a bit more on your schools and introducing yourself to the reader better than the resume alone would.

How to Write a Cover Letter?

In order to understand all about writing a cover letter, one needs to go to the basics of what a it is and why it is written. A cover letter is basically a letter in prose (rather than in numbers, like a resume) explaining in adequate details things which a resume or a CV may not. While the resume contains only the bare minimum details regarding the educational record and faint details regarding your work experience. But in the cover letter, you describe in detail your skills and why exactly you feel that you are well suited for the job at hand.

So now a cover letter, being as it is a formal letter of business communication, ought to be written in a formal language. Which means that there are a set of rules that govern cover letter writing. Here they are in a nutshell.

• Length: It should not be more than a couple of A4 sized pages long. A letter longer than that will be too much of an effort to read. Sum up all that you wish to say within 2 pages.
• Formatting: It needs to look neat and tidy. So do not exaggerate parts of the letter with increases in font size and untidy bold and underline effect where it is not required.
• The Layout: Given that it is a formal letter, you need to keep in mind a couple of things how you write it and how you address the reader. A point which you will understand better after reading the letter provided below. The layout for resumes will be: introduction, your skills, how you fit the job, thanking you, name.
• Handwritten or Print: Common question, but a simple answer. Cover letters are better when printed, simply because they look a lot better and more professional and organized.

Sample Cover Letter

Respected Sir/Madam, Subject: Cover Letter for Resume. I, (your name) wish to apply for the post of administrative assistant of your company as advertised by you in the (name of newspaper) as on (date). I have been working as an administrative assistant in (name of the old company) for the past 5 years and have received excellent feedback from my superiors for my work. And after 5 years of working in (name of the old company) I believe that I'm ready to make this big career shift in my professional life. In your advertisement, you mentioned that you need someone with good communication skills and knowledge of MS Office, which I believe I have. And having worked as an administrative assistant for so long, I believe I have a good body of work to prove my job-worthiness. And if I were to be given this opportunity, I am sure that I will carry out the duties associated with this job to the best of my ability. Thanking You, (your name)

It is not too hard to write cover letters and once you get used to it, you'll be able to write them better for sure.