Preparation..:

Format | Sample Ad | Sample Cover Letter | Intro to Cover Letters

Follow these steps to properly prepare to write your cover letters.

• Carefully examine the information you have about the position and decide whether you are qualified.
  
  
• Take a clean white piece of paper. Draw a line down the middle. Head the left-hand side "Requirements/Key Dimensions" and head the right hand side "My Qualifications."
  
  
• If you have written information about the position (a job ad, for example), underline or highlight the important ideas outlined in it such as facts about the company and qualifications/experience that they are seeking.
  
  
• On the "Requirements" side of the page, jot down all the words that you have underlined in a list with lots of spaces in between. If you do not have a job ad or information about the position in writing, think about the possible key requirements of the position and list them on the worksheet.
  
  
• Identify specific examples of skills or work experience that relate to each requirement and jot them down in the qualification side of the worksheet.
  
  
• Now write your letter relating your qualifications directly and specifically to the requirements/needs of the position.

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