Sample of Cover Letter

Dear Ms. Robinson   With reference to your Ad in today's Financial World, I would like to be considered for the above-mentioned opening.   My recent position is a bookkeeper of finance department. I was hired by this company eight years ago and have profound experience in this field. I appreciate the opportunity to work on my own initiative and to take a certain amount of responsibility.   Since my present position offers little prospect for advancement, I would prefer to be employed in an expanding organization such as yours. I tailor to a position of bookkeeper in your company. Please find enclosed my resume where I present myself.   I hope to attend an interview at any time convenient to you.   I can be contacted at: 211-5762 after 6 p.m.   I look forward to hearing from you.

Task 1.

This is a typical curriculum vitae of a trainee lawyer with experience. Read it and analyze.

Richard Mableton Address 33 Arundel Road Oxford OX47TR   Telephone 01265773051   Mobile 0329761459   E-mail Richard mableton@com     ProfileFive years' qualified commercial lawyer with a wide experience in commercial company and IT. Law experience of supervising and coordinating a team of lawyers. Excellent communication and client skills, analytical, innovative, self-motivating, confident, fluent in English and French. Computer literate.

 

 

Employment

2011-presentCranford &Marchlands. Assistant lawyer, commercial department and IT matters. Worked on several large merger cases under the supervision of the partner in charge of the department, helped build up IT law personally involved in supervising, coordinating, and training a team of junior assistant lawyers.   1998-2000Burns, Arthurs &Frank Trainee. Undertook training contract, gaining experience in commercial property, commercial litigation, and criminal litigation departments. Qualifications 2005 Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law. 2006 University of Bristol.

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Task 2

Insert the following words in the gaps in the text below:

Applicant, application, application form, apply, Interview, job description, references, short-listed, candidate, job vacancies, employment agency, CV

1.Many people looking for work read the ……. advertised in newspapers by companies and.……. 2.To reply to an advertisement is to ……. for a job. 3. (You become a ……. or an ……..) 4. You write an ……., or fill in the company’s ……., and send it, along with your ……. and a covering letter. 5. You often have to give the names of two people who are prepared to write ……. for you. 6. If your qualifications and abilities match the ……., you might be ……., i.e. selected to attend an ……..

Task 3

Fill in the missing prepositions

On of for on to at

1.Thank you for your letter ___16 May.

2.We would like you to come ___ an interview ___Thursday 8 June ___11.00 a.m.

3.Could you please phone me ____ext. 214 to confirm that you will be able to attend.

4.I look forward ___hearing from you.

Task 4

Fill in the missing words:

probationary period Interview annual leave pension scheme in charge terms and conditions letter of acceptance assistant lawyer

Dear Ms Cranford

1.We are pleased to inform you that you were successful in your ______ for the post of _______in this firm's civil litigation department.

2. As discussed during your interview, you will be working under the supervision of John Randal, partner _____of civil litigation.

3. You are entitled to twenty days' ______plus all public holidays. 4. There is a staff contributory ______which you will be eligible to join on successful completion of a six-month_______. 5. Four weeks' notice of termination of employment is required by both you and the partnership.

6.We enclose our standard _____of employment in duplicate and request that you read through these carefully, and, if you are happy with them, kindly sign and date both copies and return one copy to us with your______. 7.We would like you to start at 9 a.m. on Monday 20 May and _____to welcoming you to the firm.

Yours sincerely

Task 5

You see the following advertisement in an international newspaper

TRAINEE MANAGER We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed person with a good knowledge of the European financial markets to work as a trainee manager in our new Athens branch. This is a challenging and demanding position for banking and finance graduates. We offer flexible working hours, a fully-supported staff development programmer, a clothing allowance and intensive language instruction in English and/or Greek. Excellent prospects for promotion. Salary €30000 - €35000 a year depending on experience.

1. Send a handwritten letter of application to:

Steles Ryder, Anglo-Greek Bank, 50 Olympic Gardens, Athens, Greece

 

2.Write an application letter in response to the job ad published in an international newspaper.

Letter plan:

*put a heading;

*refer to their advertisement;

*give as much information about yourself as possible to show that you meet all their requirements;

*state that their terms are quite acceptable to you;

*say when and how you can be contacted;

*close the letter.

 

Task 6

Answer the letter following the plan

JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT   Accountant requires assistant, preferably with previous experience. He/she must have an aptitude for figures. As the firm has many clients with businesses in Europe, fluency in English, French and German is essential.   Generous salary and benefits are offered.   Write enclosing a CV to: Mr. John Anderson, Milne, Nation and Partners, Lynn House, King’s Road, Payton BV6 8MN.

 

Letter plan:

· put a heading

· refer to the advertisement

· give as much information about yourself as possible to show that you meet all their requirements

· state that their terms are quite acceptable to you

· say when and how you can be contacted

· close the letter