JOB APPLICATIONS

Some of the most important letters any person has to write are letters of application for a job. Only a generation ago, the majority of the workforce began work as teenagers or young adults and continued with the same company until they retired some 45 years or so later. These people may never have drafted a curriculum vitae(CV) or a written application for a job.

However the job market has changed a great deal in recent years. Young adults find that they can not wait ten years for promotion within their starting company, and so need to look for new challenges elsewhere.

People in their forties and fifties are increasingly thrown on to the job market through redundancy. The whole spectrum of the workforce is now highly mobile and so finding a job has never been a more competitive business.

This means that the people dealing with job applications are often snowed under, and they will never be able to interview everyone who applies. They will have a few criteria by which to choose a small number of people, and those are the people:

- who have submitted a faultless CV and covering letter,

- who have some idea what the job and the company are about,

- and can present themselves in the best possible light.

So there are 3 documents that need to be dealt with: CVs; letters of application; and application forms.

LETTERS OF APPLICATION (COVERING LETTERS)

The letter of application often provides the first direct contact between a candidate and an employer. If this letter is not well written and presented, it will make a poor impression. The letter of application normally contains four paragraphs in which you should:

§ confirm that you wish to apply and say where you learned about the job

§ say why you are interested in the position and relate your interests to those of the company

§ show that you can contribute to the job by highlighting your most relevant skills and experience

§ indicate your willingness to attend an interview (and possibly say when you would be free to attend)

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Which of the job-titles would best describe the following?	\|	Ex.1. Here is an example of a letter of application. Notice how it is laid out.

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