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Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:22:20 GMT

Hello!

Should I say I have enclosed my CV with this email for your consideration. OR I have enclosed my CV for your consideration with this email. ?
If by chance both of them are correct, could you tell which one would sound more natural in a formal letter?

Thank you in advance!
Any help will be appreciated.
Please correct all mistakes in my writing, if any.

Re: Kindly chk my cover letter & correct it. Thks for your time & considera

Shanawaz Mohammed — Mon, 21 May 2007 07:13:54 GMT

Dear Kathrin and Doll

Thank you very much for your valuable suggestions for my cover letter. I have reframed this cover letter as a formal letter than the previous one. Kindly check and suggest me if I am wrong.
Thank you so much!

Cover Letter

Dear SirlMadam

With reference to the advertisement on website address for the position of the topic of interest/ advertisement topic, I am writing in a hope that you might be able to offer me a PhD studentship.

A strong theoretical knowledge from my present job as Research Associate in Molecular Connections Pvt. Ltd., and practical experience that I gained from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, NIMHANS, Bangalore will help me pursue this doctorate degree in your laboratory.

I would welcome the unique opportunity to work as part of your research group, to benefit from your extensive research on Clinical Neurophysiology, and to put my training, experience, creativity and enthusiasm into practice to unravel the mysteries of human's brain function.

Please review my enclosed CV for other courses and information. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely

Re: LETTER OF MOTIVATION

Kathrin — Sun, 13 May 2007 18:32:37 GMT

1) My name is X.X. This is a very unusual opening line and not even necessary one. Your name is known from the CV as well as the from the address. There is no need to introduce itself in a formal letter. My name is .. is for writing to potential friends, strongly informal. I would suggest to take it back, it could lead to a tradegy:_)

2) At the moment I'm going... The tense is not correct because the action started in the past and is still going. At the moment you are sitting in front of your computer:-)

Proposal: Recently I have been attending a private school in M., in the ... grade.

3) My principal courses are geography and german, My major subjects are geography and German (German with a capital letter)

4) I was born. See 1). The letter should provide your motivation. I doubt if your birthday is connected to your motivation. If so explain why:-) Cut the whole sentense.

OK, there is no point to go on. This isn't a motivation letter, more a mix between CV and cover letter. If possible, please forget it and write it complettely new after research about the structure of a formal cover letter. I would try to correct the obvious mistake as far as I can. It would be better:-)

Would you please help me with my motivation letter?

miaojia — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:50:56 GMT

Dear all,

I am a new user and I found here by chance when I tried to get some guidance of letter writing. I have read a lot of examples together with the comments, as well as the helpful posts of suggestions from MountainHiker. I would like to thank all the members for producing such a great forum. It helped me a lot.

I am now studying in Japan and is going to apply for a job in Switzerland. I have managed to follow the regular suggestions and have modified the letter many times by myself, but since this is my first time to write such a formal letter, I know there is a long way and it needs a lot of modification works. Would you please kindly take a look on my letter and tell me how to improve it?

I am afraid the story is too long, but how to make it looks clear and effective?

Thank you so much in advance.

miaojia

And, here comes the letter:

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Dear Sir or Madam:

I am applying for an entry-level position with your company in Geneva office. The preferred field of employment would be the container transport operation and business management.

I have a Bachelorâs degree in International Shipping Management and a Masterâs degree in Transport Planning and Management both from XXX Maritime University, China. Currently, I am a full-time PhD student of XXX University, Japan. My research topics are container transport network analysis and competition strategies. The expected graduation time is October 2005.

After graduating from high school, I was enrolled by my favorite university: XXX Maritime University, which is one of the best maritime universities in China. During the four years study, I acquired wide and solid knowledge of international shipping management, together with firm foundation of mathematics, economies, laws and statistics. In 1999, as a nominated student, I passed the Masterâs Entrance Exams with top grades and started my further study in the same university and majored in Transportation Planning and Management. The three years study has widened my knowledge about transportation science, besides, I also involved myself in the practical sector works. From 2000 to 2002, I was the teaching assistance of my professor, my concentration and enthusiasm was highly appreciated by both the professor and the students. Due to my good performance, I was selected as one of the three student participants of a research team and took part in a project on human-resource evaluation supported by China XXX Shipping Company, XXX Branch. My duties included data collection and analysis, preparation of reports and presentations, the coordination work between the company side and our research team. It helped me to develop a strong analytical mind and interpersonal skills. Moreover, I learnt the value of teamwork during the two-monthâs project and became more solution-oriented. Furthermore, I found my interest toward real business management was evoked and strongly enhanced.

In my last year at XXX Maritime University, I was assigned the teaching assistant to a Japanese professor due to my excellent English skill and solid knowledge of shipping. He gave us lectures on container transport network analysis and my job was the two-way translation between Chinese and English. It not only enhanced my language skills but also evoked my interest of studying in different nations. After talking with the professor and expressing my desire to do PhD research in Japan, we found that our ideas were very well suited. Hence, he highly encouraged me to apply for the International Doctoral Course of XXX University because it offered exactly the professional courses I was eagerly to learn about, such as: game theory and business application. In October 2002, directly after my graduation from Masterâs course, I was selected, out of thousands of candidates all over the world, as one of the 550 selected Japanese government scholarship students. My focus lied on the business strategies and new trend of maritime industry, to be exact, the economic feasibility of mega-container ships as well as the business application of Game Theory.

The first year was, as expected, tough and challenging. I need to adapt to the new life and began the study as soon as possible. Besides, I did not speak Japanese, which simply made the situation more stimulating. I managed to apply my best effort to get through all these successfully even with very little guidance from my professor since he was not in Japan but teaching in World Maritime University until November 2003. I have had benefit from that period of time of how to start a total different life effectively and think more independently. After two and a half years living and studying here, I have been used to the circumstances already and get along very well with my colleagues.

The PhD research has been made considerable advancement during the past two and a half year and so far I have finished most of the work. Beside of daily studies, I actively participate in all kinds of volunteer works and local events also. Inside the campus, I am a lively member to help organize kinds of meetings and events. One specific example of these activities was in 2004, due to my excellent English skill and communication skill, I was assigned to lead a working team organizing the trip and presiding the welcome party when the student-delegation of World Maritime University came to visit my university. While the challenges were great, we are convinced that our team had tried our best and delivered to the guests an impressive party and very exciting trip. Outside of the campus, I also challenged several kinds of part-time jobs to enrich my experiences and get more chances to cooperate with different parties and matters. I benefited a lot from all these jobs and activities. It has helped me to know much more about this country and to discover how the different culture affects the ways in which people react and behave. This, I believe, would help me to respond effectively in an international business environment. Moreover, it strongly enhanced my confidence of living in a foreign country and gave me the full encouragement to chanllenge new targets.

With the solid knowledge and multinational cultural background, I desire to start my career in a global shipping company. I firmly believe that joining XXX Company would be the right choice for me. First of all, my education background makes a perfect fit with the worldwide container transport business that your company is involved. Working with XXX Company, I am going to be able to fully utilize my theoretical knowledge; besides, the company is able to benefit from my Asian culture background, too. Additionally, the fast growth of fleet scale and the incredible expanding of shipping routes network your company has completed in recent years impressed me very much. In the centuries-old shipping industry, XXX, as a relative newcomer, has been able to fully utilize modern information technologies and chosen the optimal approach to make the entire system more efficient. I strongly believe that a company likes this is definitely going to make more significant achievement in the future and I look forward to working and growing with the potential team.

Personally speaking, XXX is the best choice for me is also because of my deep interest in the European culture. Grown up in China and studied in Japan, I am deeply interested in Asian culture, but at the same time, I am also very curious to work in a different culture and in a different language as I am ambitious to learn more everyday.

A copy of my Curriculum Vitae is enclosed which will give you further informations of my studies and other activites. I hope that my qualifications would enable me to work for you since I am very confident that I could make an exciting contribution to your company.

Thank you very much for your kind consideration, I look forward to your positive reply.

Yours faithfully,
Liu Miaojia
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Re: How to write a letter of motivation or cover letter!

ilyasn — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:40:21 GMT

2 How to write a motivation letter?!

Writing the motivation letter is an important step in the application procedure - it is the basis on which the organising groups select their participants! There's no are perfect templates or instructions on how to write your motivation letter for a BEST courses - every student is unique, and this should be reflected in this letter! However, there are some general tips and hints that might be useful, and might help you in getting accepted more easily!
First of all - when writing a motivation letter, do keep in mind that it is going to be read by students, just like you. They get many applications from which they have to choose - and the only tool they have to choose is the student's motivation letters. It might be that the organisers have to read a few hundred motivation letters, so to attract their attention, try to be creative and funny.

So do not write a formal letter, do not start it with "Dear Madam or Sir", and importantly, do not make it look like a CV - do not state all the schools you visited, all the jobs you did during your life, etc.. write an interesting letter in prose style!

In general, your motivation letter should focus on the following parts:
â¢ Something about yourself - what you study, what you do in your life , what are your hobbies, sports you do, maybe what languages you speak...

BEST courses are always a lot of fun, so the organisers should know that you are a funny person!
â¢ Why you want to go to abroad, and why do you want to go to a BEST summer/winter/spring course!

It is important for the organisers to have internationally minded, open persons - the course does not consist only of the academic program!

â¢ Why you want to go to especially THIS event you're applying for: why is the topic attractive, why might the knowledge you can gain there help you (in your studies, in your future carreer...) - the event does neither consist of only the social part, so let the organisers know that you are interested in the course as well!!!

â¢ Sometimes, it is needed to tell the organisers that you have a sufficient knowledge of the topic - so let them know that and how you do! To find out what is expected - read the course information on the webpages carefully, as probably there are some hints telling you which kind of participant are expected to apply!

â¢ Be careful, and send the appropriate letter to the appropriate place (don't mix them if you apply to more than one course!)

â¢ Don't let the letter be too short or too long â One, or half of an A4 page, is just enough to get the organisers to notice you. If the letter is too long, they might not want to read it, but if it's too short, they will think that you are not interested enough in the course!
â¢ Of course, the letter has to be written in English

These are just some general hints - take the ones you want, leave the ones you don't like, but in any case, add your own imagination and style, be creative, and you'll have your motivation letter to go on a BEST course!