Graduate jobs covering letter

Graduate jobs covering letter

There are any number of covering letter templates that you can use, however be warned that graduate employers will be receiving thousands of applications and it does not take them long to spot those who have simply used a template with all the "buzz" words that go along with them. If you want to make your application stand out, take time to digest the tone and style of these templates but we would strongly recommend that that is as far as you take them - you've gone to all this trouble putting together an excellent CV, don't blow it with a lazy copy and paste job.

In a nutshell they should contain the following information:

• Why you are interested in the job
• Why your skills and qualifications meet their expectations
• What is attractive about the organisation for you (try and come up with a specific example rather than the standard generic answer)

To help you, we thought we'd summarise this section again for you. There are lots of very important points to get across in your CV and it is vital that you don't forget one. So here goes:

• keep your CV to two pages
• make it clear and easy to read
• tailor-make your CV for each application according to the skills required for the job
• don't use template covering letters
• take time to print it on good quality paper
• check it. Over and over again. You only get one chance to submit your CV so don't blow it on a spelling mistake.

Finally you should take your new CV to your careers service and ask them to check it through for you. They are experts at putting together the best possible CVs and you should tap into this free resource. To find your careers service click here.