Cover Letter Assignment Purpose Applying for a job is something most of us do ma
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Question
Cover Letter Assignment
Purpose
Applying for a job is something most of us do many times during our working career. Sometimes opportunities come up when we least expect them, so it is always a good idea to maintain an up-to-date resume and cover letter that you can modify as needed. While we do not assign a resume in this class, you can get help on resume writing beyond what is offered in your textbook from the college’s Career Planning and Placement office.
What we do cover in this class are application messages or cover letters, hence this assignment!
Your Task:
Assume that you have found a posting for a job in your field and have decided to send in your resume and cover letter to accompany it. (You don’t have to prepare a resume--just the cover letter.)
Follow the advice provided:
1) Use a persuasive organization – Convince the reader to take action in reading your resume and giving you an interview.
2) Gain the receiver’s attention – Tell us something that will make you stand out from the others applying for this job as a well-qualified candidate.
3) Provide evidence of your qualifications – Telling us you are creative is not as effective as giving us examples of that creativity. Evidence is key here.
4) Encourage action – Provide contact information and ask for specific action.
For the purposes of this assignment, you can make up fictional information about the specific job and the recipient of this letter. However, the company name should be an actual company where they might have such jobs posted. Note: You must write the cover letter for your current situation as a student who is working on a BBA management degree, not for when you have completed your degree. In other words, don't make up information about yourself as you hope to be in the future.
Tip: Remember that job titles, academic fields, and titles of degrees are not capitalized in text.
Explanation / Answer
Mr Stevens
Sr Manager
MKG Marketing
Address
599 Broadway, New York, NY 10012, USA
Dear Sir,
Hope you are having a good day. I have applied for the position of Events Executive in MKG Marketing.I am currently persuing BBA in Management hence as far as a corporate experience is concerned, I am a fresher, However, this doesn't take out my excitement and enthusiasm to work for the company.Although I don't have any work experience but my zeal into this work has lead me to gain a lot of market experience.
I have organised several events starting from a closed event of old age groups for charity to party events. I have always found out ways to be as creative as possible in managing events as it requires to manage a workforce from 2 to 105. The best part of the overall experience was that I none of my event look the same to you hence I carry a lot of creative ideas to work and manage the workforce. For Example;- Instead of organizing a farewell party in a club, we took a studio room for rent and did a house party where the entry fee was almost half of what of a club. We then asked the partcipants before the event as to what kind of games or events they are likely to see in the party.We secretly noted down all of them and shortlisted the best. The party was a huge success and we generated 1.5 times of the expected revenue.
I have always believed that if a person has the ability to communicate effectively with other people, he can be a great event manager. I have seen that MKG Marketing is a company which apprecietes creative efforts a lot and hence the reason I have applied for the same.The kind of events that the company handles I am ver certain that I will be able to do it efficiently.
Respectfully Yours,
Robert Parker