Directions: Create a cover letter for your resume using your existing business letterhead. The cover letter explains to a scholarship committee, college or university, or future employer, why they should select you. The cover letter introduces your resume and is attached to the front of your resume packet.
Write a cover letter that introduces your resume packet.
Select your audience, scholarship committee, college or university, or future employer.
Address the letter as Dear Sir, Dear Selections Committee, or a specific name if you know it.
Include an inside address, salutation, body, closing, and signature.
Write a minimum of two paragraphs with a minimum of four sentences per paragraph.
Use single spaced block paragraphs and skipped one line between paragraphs.
Describe why you are qualified to do the job.
Save this document as cover_letter.doc in the writing folder.
Link this page directly from your portfolio homepage under the Resume section.
Use standard writing conventions. Do not allow errors to distract the reader.
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