Assignment 5: Professional Cover Letter
Due Week 10 and worth 180 points
Completing this assignment
will help you name and identify the skills and abilities that will move your
career forward.
Find a specific job posting
open posted online within the last 9 months. You will develop a Job Application Cover Letter (as though you were
applying to that position) that highlights and emphasizes why you are the most
suitable candidate.
Complete the cover letter on page
1of the submission and then include a link to the
job posting on page 2 (a copy and paste of the link is acceptable
and the link must work).To compose the letter, use the general writing guidelines on pp. 277-278 in
the text for structural and content guidance. Note:An examplecan be found on p. 250, Figure 13.8.
The message should take the
form of a business letter; however, you will submit your assignment to the
online course shell.
Thejob letter / application messagemust adhere to the following requirements:
1.
Content
1.
Highlightrelevant background and job history information
specific to the opening.
2.
Emphasizesignificant qualifications and exclude nonessential
ideas.
2.
Format
1.
Followproper letter formatting techniques per block
business letter format.
2.
Usean appropriate and professional greeting and
closing.
3.
Style
1.
Useprofessional language.
2.
Paragraphs effectively
developed and efficient. Note: Six (6) or seven (7) lines
when possible.
4.
Mechanics
1.
Ensure there are no grammar or
spelling errors.
2.
Eliminatewordiness and unclear sentence construction.
Your assignment must be typed, single-spaced
paragraphsand double spaced between
the paragraphs, using Times New Roman font
(size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
