This is bad advice. Most of my clients want the candidate to put the effort into a covering letter to show that they haven't just spammed another CV out (especially since there are some good CV templates out there that have let some barely literate candidates look like good applicants).
The covering letter should show signs of being tailored to the company and acknowledge what they are looking for (eg experience in specified fields). Don't waffle on about your dreams and aspirations. This is just to get them interested enough to read your CV!
This is bad advice. Most of my clients want the candidate to put the effort into a covering letter to show that they haven't just spammed another CV out (especially since there are some good CV templates out there that have let some barely literate candidates look like good applicants).
The covering letter should show signs of being tailored to the company and acknowledge what they are looking for (eg experience in specified fields). Don't waffle on about your dreams and aspirations. This is just to get them interested enough to read your CV!
Maybe you want to change the permissions, so nobody except you can edit
Not sure why you're stating skills "one must have", unless you have them yourself? In which case you need to say so and clearly.
Anyway made some changes, rest is up to you junior can't make it too easy
I wish to apply for the advertised role of IT Support Technician Graduate, which is currently being advertised on reed.co.uk.
I am a recent graduate of Wolverhampton University, where I achieved a 2.1 in BSc Forensic Science. *-need to talk more about degree here-*
As an individual I am very passionate about IT, therefore always looking to grow my skills in the area. With my hard work, dedication and drive to learn, I have the self-taught ability to diagnose both software and hardware. This has progressed further to carry out independent study towards a CompTIA+ qualification; with additional interests in completing CompTIA+ Network & Security and MSCA training certifications.
I’m currently an Advanced Sales Advisor at TOPMAN with 3-years of experience in providing excellent customer service. I believe I have made a positive impact to the business, as customer satisfaction is a priority that I always maintain.
As a member of your team, I would excel and utilise my skills to the fullest for the benefit of your company.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss my application further.
Would probably cut it down further, to 5 paragraphs.
Depends on the employer and on the CV. I have a recruitment consultant to filter out all of the covering letters and pick my candidates for interview based on their CVs.
Also I'm lucky to have some well known employers on my CV, I've not had to rely on a covering letter in several years.
Depends on the employer and on the CV. I have a recruitment consultant to filter out all of the covering letters and pick my candidates for interview based on their CVs.
Also I'm lucky to have some well known employers on my CV, I've not had to rely on a covering letter in several years.
That's a very different situation to the OP. Selling yourself to a rec con is very different to a direct employer, and actually you could make good use of those prior employers in a covering letter to make sure your CV gets read. It all depends on the role. The lower down the skill tree you go the harder you have to compete.
Maybe you want to change the permissions, so nobody except you can edit
Not sure why you're stating skills "one must have", unless you have them yourself? In which case you need to say so and clearly.
Anyway made some changes, rest is up to you junior can't make it too easy
I wish to apply for the advertised role of IT Support Technician Graduate, which is currently being advertised on reed.co.uk.
I am a recent graduate of Wolverhampton University, where I achieved a 2.1 in BSc Forensic Science. *-need to talk more about degree here-*
As an individual I am very passionate about IT, therefore always looking to grow my skills in the area. With my hard work, dedication and drive to learn, I have the self-taught ability to diagnose both software and hardware issues. This has progressed further to carry out independent study towards a CompTIA+ qualification; with additional interests in completing CompTIA+ Network & Security and MSCA training certifications.
I am currently an Advanced Sales Advisor at TOPMAN with 3-years of experience in providing excellent customer service. I believe I have made a positive impact to the business, as customer satisfaction is a priority that I always maintain.
As a member of your team, I would excel and utilise my skills to the fullest for the benefit of your company.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss my application further.
Would probably cut it down further, to 5 paragraphs.
I think what disappoints about me about the CV and cover letter is that you've barely mentioned your degree. The job you're going for is in a different field to what you've studied, but there must be transferable skills such as report writing and data analysis.
Personally I don't like the way your CV is presented. For example my CV has my contact info, qualifications and then my job experience. I think the summary and professional profile should go into the cover letter. I also think the work experience is contradictory. It is highlighted that you are a suit specialist, but in the next sentence you mention that you're an advanced sales advisor. It also states that you achieved 120 development credits to achieve that role which means absolutely nothing to me. What I would want to know is how you achieved those development credits, did you have to hit specific targets or did you attend training courses. I would also try and highlight some key aspects about your current role, are there extra responsibilities, do you manage any staff or do you train anybody up? These are things which I would want to see in a CV.
For this job in particular there are two things which I would try and highlight in a cover letter, they are hitting targets and handling difficult customers. Your passion for IT and the ability to learn new skills quickly should also be highlighted but shouldn't be as prominent as hitting targets and dealing with customers.
Yeah, I think I will rephrase that paragraph to show that I possess those attributes instead of using "it often said". Did not realise how difficult it is selling yourself. I have so much to learn. I really like your improvements, it flows and I like how you leave me some space to show off my degree more! Which clearly I need to do, need to have a good think what skills I can transfer! I have a few already .
@flyingphil I agree with all what you are saying about needing to show off my degree more. Did not think of report writing and data analysis, thanks .
With the other part, I did change this part a bit but you've gave better advise on what else to put it.
Hopefully I will get this all sorted and at a top notch standard. I've had calls from agencies but they seem like time wasters and will just fine the best best with all the qualifications blah blah and forget about everyone else.
Yeah agencies are all about getting their money, so they will try and get you in if suits them but after that their communication is poor. Still worth registering with a few so you're on their system, should cover most jobs you're interested in and the rest you can find online.
I quickly "googled" job description of a Forensic Scientist to help me out and found some very good transferable skills to IT, which infact I also have. Bonus!
I will use your template Dacads and tweak it and definitely show off my degree more. I'm proud of it and I need to show it.
I have registered to a few so far, mostly registered to job sites. Still need to sign up to indeed, jobsite, totaljobs.
Personally the length of the cover letter wouldn't bother me but the tone sounds a bit off at times:
'It is often said that...' - strange turn of phrase for a job application, and you haven't added any value by directly linking your skills and experience to this supposed maxim.
'I have acknowledged a positive impact for a business when giving first class service, as it forms a professional relationship with the customer, as well as loyalty and satisfaction.' - I had to read this about 3-4 times to make any sense of it, but others might not be so patient
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