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DearMr .Smi
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DearMs.Chamber s: 
  
   
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ercontai
nsfourbasic part
sand should be t
hreeorf our
paragraphsl ong.
 Theseparagr
aphsshouldattr
acttheemployer
’sattenti
on;state
yourinterestinthecompanyandposit
ion;ar
ousetheemployer
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ret oint
erv
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Fi
rstPar
agr
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I
dentif
ythepurposeofthelet
ter
—whyy ouarewrit
ing.
Bespecif
ic. 
Tell
thereaderhowyoulearnedaboutajobopeni
ng.
Tel
ltheemployerwhatjobyouwant.

Exampl
es:
 

 Inresponset
otheadvert
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oninTheEveni
ngSunonJul
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considermyr
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 Iwaspl easedtohearf r
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lsoonhav
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foraMar keti
ngAssist
ant.Iam ver
yint
erest
edinthi
sposi
ti
on.
 Witht
heskil
ls
thatIpossess,IknowthatIcoul
dbeanassettoyourcompany
.

 Iam wr
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oappl
yfort
hePhotographi
cAssi
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onasadv
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theNov
ember1edi
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Referral
sandl eadsfr
om f
ri
endsandfamilymembers(net
wor ki
ng)arethebestway
tol earn abouta job.
 Mostempl oyer
s enj
oygetti
ng referr
als.
 Theytrustthe
recommendat i
onofav al
uedemployeeorf r
iendwhostatest hatyouwouldbea
goodempl oyee.

Exampl
es:

Mr.PeterLo,apr
ogrammerinthesyst
emsprogrammi
ngdepar
tment,suggested
t
hatIcontacty
our
egardi
nganopeni
ngyoumaysoonhav
eforaMarket
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nee.

 Iwasref
err
edtoyoubyMi
keThomas,whoi
samemberofmychur
chanda
l
ongt
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 Iam sendingyoumyresumetoyoubecauseofar
efer
ralf
rom Mi
keThomas,
anassociatei
nyourBal
ti
morest
ore.

SecondPar
agr
aph

Why shoul d an employerbe interested i

n hir
ing you? Bri
efl
y descr
ibe your
professionalandacademi cquali
fi
cationsthatarerelevanttotheposi
ti
on.Relate
experiencest hatyouhavehad,classesy ouhavetakenorski l
l
sy oupossessthat
sati
sfyt hej obrequi
rement
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fthej obwasadv ert
ised,ref
ertoalloft
her equi
red
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Exampl
es:

 Asmyr esumei ndicates,Iam act iveint heateri n hi

gh schooland had
i
mpor tantr olesint wopl ays.Myschoolact i
viti
esi ncludebeingamemberof
bothfor ensicsandst udentgov ernment.Witht heseexper iences,Icanoff
er
youexcel lentcommuni cat i
onandi nt
erper
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ngtheschoolyear,
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minute.

 Asacomput ersciencemaj orwi

thasi
ncer
eint
eresti
n..
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abor
ate
youreducat
ionalbackground)

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nter
act
ing wi
thpeopl
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 Formyseni orgr
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oject
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l
taper
sonalcomput
er.
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.(st
ate
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Thi
rdPar
agr
aph

Emphasizewhaty oucandoforthecompany .Outl

i
near elev
antcareergoal.
 For
example,i
fyouar eappl
yi
ngforsal
esposit
ions,
donotsaythatyouaretrai
ningt
obe
anair
li
nepilot
. Expandonthemostrel
evantpoi
ntsofyourr
esume.

Exampl
e:

 BecauseIam ener
get
ic,r
eli
abl
e,andr
esourcef
ul,Iwoul
dbeanassettoyour
organi
zat
ion.
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Four
thPar
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Requestact
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ndi
cateyourdesi
reforapersonalint
erv
iew andthat
you'
reablet
omeetwi t
ht heempl
oyeratthei
rconv
enience.I
ncludeyourcellphone
numberandwheni twouldbeagoodtimetocall
.

Someadv ert
isementsaskyoutoincl
udesalar
yrequi
rements.
 Youcanchooseto
i
gnorethi
s. Youcanei t
herwai
tunt
ilt
heint
ervi
ewtotalkaboutmoneyandmenti
on
abroadsalar
yr ange.

Exampl
es:

 Youcanreachmeonmycel lphoneanydayaf ter4p.m.E-

maili
sal
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waytocontactmeasIcheckitdail
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Thankyouforyourt
imeandconsiderat
ion.
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cat
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ervi
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bearrangedatyourconveni
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 Icanber eachedat(717)876-
5432ora
messagecanbeleftonmycellphone.
 Ilookforwardt
omeet i
ngyou.

Cl
osi
ngt
hel
ett
er

Finishyourlet
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opr i
ateComplimentaryClosing(Si
ncer
ely,orSi
ncer
ely
your s,
).
  
 Leaveenoughroom t osigntheletterbefor
ekey ingyourname. Donot
forgettosigni
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Howt
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it
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Her
ear
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orwr
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ingasi
mpl
eCV:

1.I
ncl
udey
ourcont
acti
nfor
mat
ion

Thi
si ncl
udesyourf
ullname,phonenumberandemai
laddr
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ncl
udi
ngy
our
phy
sicaladdr
essi
sopti
onal
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2.Det
aily
ouracademi
chi
stor
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ever
se-
chr
onol
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calor
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nclude yourpost-
doct
oralpr
ogr
ams,graduat
e school,undergr
aduate
schoolandhighschool.Onlyi
ncl
udeyourmostr
ecentt
woeducationalexper
iences.
Datesatt
endedi sopti
onal
.

3.Recor
dyourpr
ofessi
onalexper
ience

Li
stthecompanyoror ganizat
ion,j
obti
tleanddatesempl
oyedstart
ingwit
hyour
mostrecentj
ob.Listy ourjobduti
es,experi
encegai
nedandachievement
s.Use
numberstomeasur
ey ourimpactwhenpossibl
e.

4.I
ncl
uder
elev
antski
ll
sandqual
if
icat
ions

Thi
scanbei naseparat
eskil
lssecti
on.Rereadt hejobdescr
ipt
iont
ohighl
i
ghtthe
mostimport
antski
ll
semployersarelooki
ngf or.Thesecanincl
udebot
hhar dand
sof
tski
ll
sthatmakeyouthebestcandi
dateforthejob.

5.Li
sthonor
sandawar
ds

Usethi
ssecti
ontoout l
ineyourachi
evement
sinthef
ieldrel
atedtoyourappl
icat
ion.
Star
twit
htheawardnamef ol
lowedbyyearawar
ded,theorgani
zati
onthatgaveyou
theawardanddetail
saboutt heawardsuchashow oftentheawardisgiven,how
manypeopler
ecei
v eit
,etc.

6.I
ncl
uder
elev
antpubl
i
cat
ionsandpr
esent
ati
ons

I
ncl
ude r
elev
ant ci
tat
ions of pr
esent
ati
ons,paper
s,st
udi
es,books or ot
her
publi
cat
ionsimportanttoyourpr
ofessi
onalhi
stor
y.Forpubl
i
cati
ons,i
ncl
udeaut hors,
datepubli
shed,summar y,vol
ume,pageandDOInumber .Forpr
esentat
ions,i
nclude
theti
tl
e,dateandlocati
onofpresent
ati
on.

7.Li
sty
ourpr
ofessi
onalassoci
ati
onsandaf
fi
li
ati
ons

Thi
sshoul
dincl
udet
henameoft
heor
gani
zat
ion,
geogr
aphi
clocat
ionorchapt
erand
dat
esofact
ivemember
shi
p.

Someempl oyer
s,especi al
l
ypost -
secondaryinsti
tutions,mayof f
erthei
rownCV
templateandCVexampl estohelpmakesur eyoui ncludeallrequi
redi
nformat i
onin
theformattheyprefer.Beforeyousubmi tyourapplicati
on,lookforanyspeci alCV
guidel
inestheempl oyerhasout l
i
ned.Forexampl e,somei nstit
uti
onsmayr equir
e
you tol i
stonlyr elevantcour
sewor k,fiel
dwork,di ssert
ati
ons and professional
ref
erences.

CVexampl
e:

JoeSmit
h
1234MainSt
reet
,Atlant
a,GA30308
770-
555-
1234
j
oe.t
.smi
th@email
.com

Educati
on
DoctorofVet
eri
naryMedici
neDegr
ee,2018
Univ
ersit
yofTexasCol
legeofSci
ence,Aust
in,
TX

Prof
essionalexper
ience
Univ
ersi
tyofSouthernCali
for
nia
Prof
essor,HermanOst r
owSchoolofVet
eri
nar
ySci
ences|2012–2018

 Taughtmulti
pleunder
graduat
eandgr aduatecoursesinvet
er i
nar
ysci
ences.
 Foster
edstudentcommi t
menttoli
felonglearni
ngandexcellenceinv
eter
inar
y
sci
ences.
 Actedasastudentadvi
sortofi
rst
-yearveteri
naryschoolst
udents.

Ski
ll
sandqual
if
icat
ions

 Team l
eadership
 Seminari
nstructi
on
 Fl
uentinEnglishandSpani
sh
 Speci
ali
zat
ioni nl
ivest
ocksci
encer
esear
chanddev
elopment

Awar
dsandhonor
s

 AVMAAdv
ocacyAward,
2018
 AVMAAni
malWelf
areAward,
2016

Publi
cat
ionsandpresentat
ions
Yang,J.
,Sanchez,
C.,Pat
el,
A.,Johnson,
L.,
(2017)“
Studyofcocoapr
oduct
componenttheobromineanddangert
ocani
nes.
”Jour
nalofModer
nVet
eri
nar
y
Medi
cine.272:1234-56789.

Pr
ofessi
onalassoci
ati
onsandaf
fi
li
ati
ons

 Amer
icanCol
legeofLaborat
oryAnimalMedici
ne(2013–Present
)
 Amer
icanVet
erinar
yMedicalAssoci
ati
on(2011–Present
)