CIBIT's consultants offer you a framework for organising your capital
of the future: knowledge! The Knowledge Management Masterclass gives
an overview from different perspectives on how knowledge management
(KM) can work for your organisation and how KM initiatives can be
created and implemented.
The Masterclass involves 8 days and will start on 14th October in
Birmingham in the UK. For more details see http://www.cibit.com. For
further information please feel free to contact us at email
info@cibit.com or by telephone +44-1495-774884.
This week we will be looking at covering letters. What to say, and
more importantly what not to say.
Your covering letter is a business document. This is the first thing a
prospective employer sees, so make sure it leaves a good impression.
Use white or ivory paper with blue or black type. Use the same paper,
font and colour for your entire application. Anything else is
considered bad practice.
Set out your letter with your contact details in the top right hand
corner of the page. Avoid using work telephone numbers if at all
possible.
Adding an email address? Then make sure it is a "professional" one.
Do not use "pet names" nicknames or hobbies.
The letter must be dated.
Do not use "Dear Sir or Madam" address the letter to a person.
The first paragraph should state which job you are applying for and
where you saw the advertisement. Important if the organisation has
more than one position on offer.
The second paragraph should summarise the skills and attributes you
possess, use those that are emphasised in the advertisement and/or
application package. Follow with a bit of flattery - use the
organisation's reputation, sales record, size, corporate culture or
any other interesting fact that tells the organisation that you have
cared enough to research the organisation.
The final paragraph should contain a request for a meeting. For
example - "I look forward to meeting with you to discuss my
application in greater depth. I can be contacted on my mobile or
email during the day, or on my home telephone after 6.00pm".
Keep your covering letter to a single page; any more will just detract
from your application.
Lorraine Bradshaw works for Information Enterprises Australia (IEA)
http://www.iea.com.au, a specialist library and records management
recruitment agency, consultants and trainers in Western Australia.
Lorraine is the current writer of the Australian Record Retention
Manual and is the author of IEA’s free monthly e-zine Information
Overload.
Job title: Information Researcher (added 16th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3312 Recruiter: Spectrum Strategy Consultants
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Sales Manager (added 17th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3313 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: M4 Corridor
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Research / Technical Assistant (added 17th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3314 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Sales Executive (added 17th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3315 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Temp. Researcher - Consumer Products (added 18th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3317 Recruiter: Glen Recruitment
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Methodologies Consultants (Junior & Senior) (added 18th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3318 Recruiter: Glen Recruitment
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Retail Analyst - Food Service (added 18th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3319 Recruiter: Glen Recruitment
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Researcher (added 18th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3320 Recruiter: Glen Recruitment
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Researcher (added 21st June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3321 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Records Officers x2 (added 21st June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3322 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: Milton Keynes
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Records Project Officer (added 21st June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3323 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: Milton Keynes
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Records Management Analyst (added 23rd June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3324 Recruiter: E-Recruiter
Location: West London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Information Officer (added 29th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3325 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London - City
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Chief Librarian (added 29th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3326 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London - West End
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Junior Researcher (added 29th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3327 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Knowledge Officers X2 (added 29th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3328 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London - City
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Library Assistant (added 29th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3329 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London - Central
Country: United Kingdom
Job title: Database Administrator (added 29th June 2004)
URL: http://www.freepint.com/go/j3330 Recruiter: Sue Hill Recruitment and Services Limited
Location: London - Docklands
Country: United Kingdom
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