What should a Cover Letter do?
- put skills and personality together in a story
- Show you know a bit about the place, be sincere
Shouldn't do:
- Long, waffle - stops reading
- Clear, well designed
- straight to the point
- don't include anything general, no general statements be specific about what your interested in
- don't be too informal in terms of language - context specific
Important aspects:
- Confidence
- speak about skills in confident way, why relevant
- Clear:
- first impression, make easy to read - get to point
- Concise:
- doesn't need to be long
- max 5 short paragraphs
- get peoples attention and introduction to work
- Don't repeat your CV - Forbes
- how things your passionate about or projects align with company
- Research the company - The Guardian
- Tell them what you have to offer - The Balance Careers
- we have stuff to offer rather than focusing on what they can do for you
- Use a professional tone but don't lose all personality - The Guardian
- have some personality, context depending
- Finish Strong - Forbes
- don't tail off - be to the point
- finishes on clear ask or point
- what you can bring to the opportunity
- don't loose purpose
Grammaly/Hemmingway can help correct grammar etc.
Outline:
- Introduce yourself with clear ask
- Be light in some areas, why I'd be great fit and how work I've done aligns with the studio, trying to underline link between my work and theirs.
- Eager to learn for you and team - learn from whole team not just top dog
- Why working there is important, what can learn from them - no substitute for industry, seeing how studio works day-to-day
- Underline motive, what looking to get
- pick up large amount in short spell - not going to be a drain or need babysitting
- Digital portfolio tailored for you, links to site and Instagram
- finish strong e.g. we could be so good together - link to song (relevant to designer, Craig Oldham)
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