One way to get a response to your application is to write a personalized cover letter. Very often candidates underestimates its importance, focusing exclusively on the CV, which contains useful information about the education and professional background, but leaves out one or more qualities of the candidate instead might emerge through the cover letter and positively affect the interest of the recruiter.
We give you 3 GOOD REASONS TO WRITE A COVER LETTER:
- With a few lines you can prove to recruiter that you have read the offer, you are the right person for the job because you have qualities and requirements suitable for the employment, or that you are interested in acquiring the necessary skills to do the job.
- Applying by e-mail, you can write the content of the cover letter in the body of the message. The recruiter will read it and decide if open the attached CV.
- For the recruiter, the candidate who wrote the cover letter demonstrates an interest and an increased effort to get the interview over other applicants who send only CV.
Now let’s see HOW TO PERSONALIZE THE COVER LETTER:
- Refer to a specific person of the company, or if you do not know the name, directly to the company.
- Introduce yourself and the motivation for which you are applying.
- Use some concepts present in the offer and place them in the context of your knowledge if you have such requirements, for example if you are available to transfer or to do part-time job.
- Explain why the recruiter has before him the right candidate, using clear reasons, your objectives, your qualities and strengths, the knowledge of foreign languages.
- Show interest in the company saying how you can contribute to its growth and expansion.
- Thank you for the attention of the reader and conclude that you are available for any further information on your application.
To start writing a cover letter, we provide you some examples, already available for the use.
