Thursday, June 19, 2008

General structure of a cover letter

Resume without cover letter is like indian cricket team without sachin, hindi movie without song, job without a pay. So you see its incomplete. just like an hindi movie is incomplete without song, indian team is incomplete without sachin.... You are not doing job if you aren't getting paid...

Same is true with a resume, a resume without an accompanying cover letter just doesn't have the punch. Just like presence of sachin gives confidence to the indian team, a cover letter increase your resumes's success rate.


So increase your chances by attaching a good well written cover letter with all the resumes that you shoot off from your email.

Here i will show a sample cover letter and discuss the structure.
An effective cover letter must have an catchy introduction, professional main body and memorable conclusion.

{intro, write from where you have got the information of the job and it should also mention for which post you are applying for}

{highlight your experience relevant to the post you are applying, if the job is for catia, highlight the experience relevant to it, if its for propulsion highlight that one}

{Highlight one skill that is relevant to the post and the skills that you want the recruiter to notice while browsing through your resume.}

{Conclude showing you know about the organization. Research the company you are applying for and mention something in your conclutions that shows that you know about the company.}

Here's one sample cover letter.

I am interested in working as an {the post name} in your organization and applying for the job listed at naukri.com. I am a graduate of aeronautical engineering from aeronautical society of india, New Delhi.

I am a good learner with relevant experience as trainee in NAL & Indian airlines. I have worked on {write here things relevant to post you are applying}. Additionally i have been involved in the project related to {the things that you don't have so much idea but are relevant to the job you are applying}

As you will see in my resume, {write the things that you want to highlight in your resume, it might be the the extra skills combination, or any experience }

I have enclosed my resume as a first step in exploring the possibilities of employment with your organization, which is { write something relevant about the organization} { This step will show that you have done research on the company}

As an aeronautical engineer with your organization, I would bring a focus on quality and ease of use to your system development and performances of the work delivered to me. furthermore, I work well with others.

I would appreciate your keeping this inquiry confidential. I am really thankful to you to give me your precious time. Thank you for your time and consideration. Hope to receive a call from you.

Thank you
Faithfully,

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