Question

One type of business letter is the cover letter. Cover letters are sent to an employer, along with a résumé and application, when you apply for a job.

Cover letters include the parts described above that all business letters include. Most cover letters are about three paragraphs long and fit on one page. The purpose of a cover letter is to get the employer to look at your résumé and application, and hopefully ask you in for an interview. So you need to sell yourself to that employer!

Usually the first paragraph will give some information about where you found out about the job opening and maybe why it interests you. The second paragraph should include specific details about why you would be a great person for this job. The third paragraph gives information about how and when you can be contacted for an interview.

Write a letter to the address below. You are responding to an advertisement from the Willamette Company for a job opening as an office assistant. You did some research and learned that the person to whom the application should be sent is Ms. Katrina N. D. Waives. You are going to enclose a résumé and three letters of reference. Your résumé will have details about your qualifications, so you should just give a brief but inviting overview of them here. In addition, your letter will include a very important paragraph that is not normally a part of a business letter. You will tell what format you are using for your letter where you got the information on this format.
Address of the Willamette Company: 355 Buck Hill Road, Portland, Oregon 48792.

Answer 1

Date: 18/7/2019

Ms. Katrina N. D. Waives

Willamette Company

355 Buck Hill Road,

Portland

Oregon 48792

                                 Subject:

Dear Ms. Waives

I am willing to apply for the post of office assistant in your respected organization in reply to your published advertisement. Working as an office associate will enable me to know a wide range of knowledge about administrative methods and various operational activities. This task can gear up my skill of managing a diversified range of office activities. Thus, I planned to apply for this post as soon as I saw your advertisement in the newspaper.

I have worked as an office assistant for another organization for one and a half year and this job is similar to my previous experiences. I have sufficient experience to manage various tasks in your office. Moreover, I possess a steady communication skill which can be helpful for me to communicate with various departments in your organization. Additionally, I have successfully completed an internship program in office management. I think an effective application of these skills will enable me to perform my duty according to the requirements of the organization.

I like to request you to accept my application along with the curriculum vitae which has been attached to the cover letter and allow me for the interview of the office assistant post in your organization. I have attached my contact details along with this cover letter for your expected positive communication.

I am using a cover letter format for this application. I have gotten information about this format from the internet.

Respectfully Yours

Brendon Bairstow

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