When looking for employees, most
organizations consider these factors: job-related education, job-related
experience, communication skills, dependability, motivation/ initiative,
willingness to work, the ability to cooperate with others, technical skills,
interpersonal skills, analytical skills and ethics.
In order to plan an effective
search for employment =, analyze your qualifications and the employment market.
After your analysis is completed, plan and write the cover letter and resume
showing how your qualification meets the needs of the employer.
An outstanding letter of
application, submitted with a well organized attractive and convincing resume
can be the deciding factor in securing the kind of employment y are seeking.
Although no written presentation alone will get a job for you. It can provide
an interview, at which time you continue the process of convincing the
interviewer that you are the best possible choice for the position.
What matters most in the search
for employment is the ability to handle the job. The most creative and
appropriate cover letter and resume will not substitute for a lack of skill or
experience, just as a clearly worded sales letter will not create sales on a
continuing basis unless a truly good product backs up the letter.
Type of job application letters
Solicited Application Letters
and Resumes
A solicited application is
written in reply to advertisements in newspapers, announced through private or
government placement agencies or listed on the web. Ordinarily, you should send
the two part application, a cover letter and resume, as a unit for both
solicited and unsolicited application. Here is an example:
Your
ad in the May 20 issue of DAWN for accountant attracted my attention. My six
years of experience as assistant accountant will allow me to serve your
organization well.
Like other business messages, the
two part application should make the most effective use of the You attitude and
the positive approach. A job letter is a sales message. It should be arranged
similarly to a sales letter for a product or service.
Unsolicited application
Letters and Resumes.
An unsolicited application is
written to an organization that has not announced a position but needs someone
like you. Here are examples of openings.
When
you need a secretary in your district council who can type 70 words per minute,
take shorthand at 125, and transcribe notes at 50- in English call me.
Dr. Muhammad Zaffar , head of our Business administration, told me today that you usually hire two or three commerce graduates every year.
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