Poorly written cover letters are like letterswithout stamps – they won’t get you anywhere.

糟糕的求職信就像沒有郵票的信件——它們無法達到你的目的。

While there are nohard and fast rules about how to write cover letters there do arestandard and generally accepted practices to write a notable coverletter.

雖然寫求職信沒有要嚴格遵守的規(guī)則，但一封拿得出手的求職信還是有些標準和套路的。

Firstly, it isimportant to remember that a cover letter is not a job application.It is short note that accompanies your resume or portfolio andshould include:

首先，要記住求職信不是職位申請書，只是一篇和簡歷及相關資料一起附上的小短文，所以信中應該做到：

(1)A briefintroduction about yourself
(1)簡短的自我介紹

(2)Give the hirerenough confidence to read further
(2)讓招聘官有興趣讀下去

(3)Provide a call toaction as to what you’d want to be done further – fixing an interviewetc
(3)留下聯(lián)系電話便于日后進一步聯(lián)系——確定面試日期等等

Secondly, it is veryimportant to tailor-make your cover letter as per the job. Thismeans you will have to do some research on the company, address theletter to the concerned person (most preferably include their name). This research can be easily and quickly done on theweb.

第二，對每一份工作應該量身打造求職信。這意味著你需要了解下公司背景，把信寄給相關人員（最好能寫上他們的名字）。公司相關資料在網(wǎng)上可以很方便找到。

Thirdly, it isimperative as well as logical to establish your expertise in thecover letter. Talk about your skills and show why &how you can be a good fit for the job. You can also mention howenthusiastic about the job position and how can fit the corporateculture perfectly.

第三，在求職信中體現(xiàn)你的專業(yè)技能是很合理而且相當有必要的。談談你的技能并說出它們?yōu)槭裁匆约叭绾闻c目標職位相關。你也可以提一下對職位的熱忱以及如何很好融入公司文化。

Last but not the leastit is absolutely necessary never to write the same letter toanother company. This can prove to be a greater waste of time onyour part than the employers. In fact, writing a cover letter afterdoing your research and customizing it to fit the specific companycan be the spark that gets the fire going. It is always a betteridea to write bespoke cover letters to a select few companies (andwait for their response) than to write cover letters “in bulk” asthey will hardly evoke a response.

最后很重要的一點，不要給不同公司寫相同內(nèi)容的求職信。你浪費的時間將比那些看求職信的雇主更多。事實上，了解公司情況后再有針對性的寫求職信可以讓你更有機會。選定幾家公司，根據(jù)不同情況寫求職信，然后等待回復比“批量生產(chǎn)”好很多，因為后者幾乎石沉大海。