Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Be a marketing tool to draw attention to your skills and attributes, relevant to the position
Mention job requirements as in the advertisement/selection criteria and link to your skills
and strengths
Emphasise skills, qualications, experience, strengths, successes that you have documented
on the rsum which give you the competitive edge
In the greeting:
Make the effort to nd out and hence include the name of the contact to whom your
application is being sent.
Address this person formally, e.g. Professor <full name>, Doctor <full name>,
Mr <full name>, Ms <full name>, Miss <full name>.
Express your interest in the position/organisation, stating exactly what it is you are
seeking; include the job reference number if appropriate.
Indicate how you were informed about the job. For example as advertised in The
Australian on 3rd March 2004.
Inform the reader as to what you are currently doing by way of study and/or employment.
Think clearly about how you will t into an organisation and draw attention to your
strengths; Do you have strengths in interpersonal skills? Are you a good leader or organiser
or time manager? How will this give you advantages in tting into the organisations
culture?
Indicate how a position in that particular organisation will help you achieve your career
goals or satisfy your interests/values.
Explain why you want the job, give an indication of why you are interested in this
particular organisation.
If you do not have relevant experience or skills explain how you think you might gain
them.
State how your course/work experiences (full-time, part-time, voluntary and community
activities) have given you the necessary technical and generic skills and experience to do
the individual duties of the position.
Explain how the position will t into your career ambitions and plans for the future.
If responding to formalised selection criteria, this section of the letter will be shorter as
you will write a separate supporting statement to address the criteria.
Include a summary paragraph which clearly indicates your suitability for the job.
Always be positive.
CAREER LAUNCH
The conclusion:
If it is an inquiry letter, always suggest you will phone in ten days or so to check the
progress of your inquiry.
General
Keep the letter brief and factual and no longer than 1 page
Show how you can add value to the organisation; to do this you must do your research.
Use words/jargon relevant to the industry; reading company brochures and web pages will
help.
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Chapman ACT
Ms Kylie Noble
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