Job Search Letter

Letter #1: I am interested in a position as a technical writer and editor for Fry’s Electronics. I hope my enclosed resume will be of interest to you. I graduated from Monash University in 1995 with a major in English and a minor in Electrical Engineering, an admittedly unlikely combination. Still, it has served me well. I have been able to bridge the communications gap between the...

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Cover Letter Introduction

Letter #1: Dear Mr. Tran, I am responding to your ad in the Thursday Tribune for a marketing director. I have had eleven years of experience in marketing, and am currently employed as the marketing for OMD Marketing, a niche market specialist with 45 employees. I have had extensive experience in writing ad copy, a skill that you asked for in your advertisement. I am now in a position to take on...

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Respond Job Listing

Letter #1: I am responding to your advertisement in the Milpitas Post inviting applications for a position in mechanical engineering. I am currently a research machinist for Bayer’ Chemical Corporation, where I enjoy my work, but I would prefer participating in your research program on new metals. I have worked on a number of projects dealing with different polymerization processes and am...

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Request Application

Letter #1: At the end of my enlistment in the U.S. Navy, I would like to enroll in Simmons College for the fall semester of 2012 to pursue a bachelor’s degree in digital marketing. Would you please send me the appropriate application forms and a copy of the general catalog? I would also like to receive any information the veterans benefits office may have to help me plan ahead. Letter #2:...

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Temporary Employment

Letter #1: I am responding to your advertisement for babysitters and au pairs that appeared in my local newspaper last Tuesday. I have always wanted to visit a foreign country and would love to have the experience of living in the Australia for a while. I am willing to commit to an employment period of one year, as either a nanny or an au pair. I have done a great deal of baby-sitting, tending...

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Student Visa

Letter #1: I am interested in undertaking graduate studies in Egyptian History to earn an M.A. degree from Victoria University. I received my B.A. degree from Swimburn University in Hawthorne sixteen years ago with a dual major in History and English, and have subsequently taught both English and History at Bourke High School, also in Swimburn, AU. I would greatly appreciate your sending me...

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