英文求职信和简历写法和范文 Practical Writing--Applications and

years as a part-time advertising copywriter for radio station WXYZ in Normal. As the enclosed resume indicates, I majored in English and minored in journalism at Illinois State University.
for their time and consideration. As your purpose is only to remind them of your name, a few brief, friendly lines will do. But if you are not
expected to call your interviewer, no follow-up letter is necessary.
Practical Writing Applications and Resumes
The written word Should be clean as bone,
Clear as light, Firm as stone. Two words are not As good as one.
Applications and Resumes
(2) Present your qualifications
What is the most important to your application letter is the proof that you can do the job you want. Creating a good impression is necessary. You don’t need to be long-winded(唠叨的）about it because you’ll include a resume supplying the detail. Your letter should mention only those things that best qualify you for the job. Experience is essential. If you don’t have much work experience, you can emphasize your training and your grades, if they are good. You can also ransack (to search thoroughly) your past for other useful experience. If you want to take a job which needs organizational ability, you can list some things as examples of your ability to organize. Be as resourceful as you can when considering your skills, but don’t exaggerate them.
Sample 1. (A Job Application letter)
500 West Main Street Normal, IL 61761 March 15, 2008
Ms. Maria Valdez (name) Personal Manager (title, if any) Great Western Publishing Corp. (company, if any) 77777 State Street, Room 456 (street address) Chicago, IL 60606(city, state, and zip)
Dear Ms. Valdez (salutation),
Do you need a good, experienced proofreader or copy editor? For two summers I worked as a proofreader at The Daily Deluge in Colfax, Illinois, and for three
“My training and experience as a sales manager and quality inspector should be useful to your firm.”
Another way of opening your application letter is to ask a question: ”Do you need a good, experienced proof-reader?” That catches the employers’ attention and gets right to the point, but you must support your claim in the next paragraph.
My experience with various writing and proofreading assignments could prove useful to your firm. I know a position with your nationally known firm would be satisfying to me. As it would further my ambition to become a professional editor.
Remember to explain your desire to change jobs in a positive way. Salary is a subject that should not be dealt with in application letters. If an ad. asks for your salary requirement, suggest that the matter be discussed in your interview.
Employers like employees who are devoted to their work. They also prefer employees who have a high opinion of the company they work for, so try to work in an indirect compliment. Just be careful not to over do it. For example: “ A position in your company would offer me more opportunity for advancement than I have with my present excellent, though smaller, firm.”
May I come in for an interview at your convenience( I’d be most glad to meet with you any time next week except Tuesday afternoon, her at your office or some other location) ?
After you’ve had your interview, you should write a brief follow-up letter to the
interviewer. In this letter you could make some comments on some feature of the company which impressed you and express your thanks to your interviewers
In writing your letters of application, you should keep in mind three points: Your tone should be polite and confident. You’d better present your best qualifications---your education and experience----in the most favorable light. But don’t be too aggressive and too confident. The employers may fear that you won’t be able to get along with the others they have already employed. On the other hand, don’t go to the other extreme and beg for a job for some personal reasons. Such appeals simply don’t work. You should use a standard business letter format. The employers judge job applicants as much on the way their letters look as on what they say. Your letter should be brief and to the point----no longer than one or two typewritten page, possibly three or four short paragraphs. The body of a basic job application letter can be broken into 3 parts: effective opening, presentation of qualifications and setting up an interview. The following sections will show you what to concentrate on in each of the parts.