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Please check my cover letter!

littlebunny124 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:32:02 GMT

Hi, can anyone please check my cover letter for grammar??? Any suggestion or comments??? Thank you very much....

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To Whom It May Concern:

I was excited to read about the Office Specialist/Reservations job opening at Craigslist website, as my skills and qualifications match your requirement for this position. It would be wonderful to work for your company, and I am eager to implement my experience and contribute to your organization.

As my enclosed resume indicates, I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science from the Metropolitan State College of Denver. While attending school full time and working part time on and off campus, I have demonstrated a solid work ethic and developed excellent time-management skills.

My experience working at my previous jobs convey that I am capable of working independently with minimal supervision as well as in a fast-paced environment. My previous employers will attest that I am dependable, hard-working, optimistic, dedicated employee who is willing to learn and gain experience necessary to be successful.

With these skills, I am confident I am a perfect match for this position. I will appreciate the opportunity to meet and further discuss my qualifications with you and this position. I look forward to hearing from you to arrange an interview. If you wish, I will have my letters of references send to you. I can be reach at *** or by email at ***.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

P.S. One more question. If I am writing about my work experience, should I write it in past tense or present tense??? Thanks again!!!

Re: She don't?

Clive — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:36:15 GMT

Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.

With the advent of world Englishes, I don not think that such mistakes in grammar are that importnat anymore.\

Maybe not where you live. But I wouldn't recommend that kind of grammar mistake if you go to an interview for a good job in countries like Britain, or Canada, or the USA.

Best wishes, Clive

Need help proofreading a short cover letter

MorbidSnail — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:13:52 GMT

Hello everyone!

I am writing a cover letter and resume as a class project for a business communications class. I have run this cover letter by several people and they could not find any mistakes. I was hoping one of you guys could take a look at it one last time before I turn it in as each error of any type results in a loss of 25/100 points! The comments in bold are specific questions I have.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I am horrible with grammar so I am paranoid as hell. It doesn't help that none of my friends are English majors!

[my address]
San Angelo, TX 76904

September 09, 2008

Mr. Bob H. Smith
URS Corporation
P.O. Box 201088
Austin, TX 78720-1088

Dear Mr. Smith:

On September 3, Monster.com reported that your organization is looking for someone to fill the position of Marketing Business Assistant. After learning a little more about your company,(comma needed here?) I believe I am an excellent candidate for the position.

The ad you placed on Monster.com stated that you desired someone with a strong background in Microsoft Office Suite and excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Due to my experiences in courses such as Statistical Analysis(should I capitalize course names?) and Business Communications,(comma needed here?) I have used the programs available in Microsoft Office Suite extensively and am very comfortable with them. In addition, I experienced success as a delivery driver due to my ability to organize orders, plan efficient routes, and work as a team with my co-workers to ensure orders were delivered in a timely and professional manner. A detailed list of my qualifications, employment history, and education is available on the attached resume.

I look forward to putting my skills and abilities to use at URS and will call during the week of September 15th to discuss a time to set up an interview and detail my qualifications more fully. I am available by email at [my email address] or I can be reached at [my phone number] any time before 11am or after 3pm central time.

Sincerely,

Christian S. Jones

Re: urgent need helping to edit my application letter for secondary one

catcat612000 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:15:51 GMT

hi, new2grammar,
thank you very much for your help. i request to put my daughter on the waiting list for vacancy . i think the principal may want to have an interview with her first so that i say grant an interview, Could you be kind enough re-write the letter for me ? Awaiting for your reply.

rgds/ cat

could you please help me?

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:36:43 GMT

Hi all, could you help me with grammar in my covering letter? I know that first paragraph is fine so I would like to ask you to check the middle part which is below.

Recently, I decided to increase my knowledge of payroll and become familiar with current payroll legislation. As you will see from my CV, I am expecting the results of my exam and certificate from Pitman Training. During the course I learned how to calculate gross/net pay, holiday payments and deductions, national insurance contributions, all statutory payments. I am confident with processing monthly and weekly payroll including general data input, starters, leavers, processing P45, P46, P11, P11D, P60 forms, issuing electronic timesheets, pay reviews and reports, checking and inputting tax code changes. I am familiar with manual as well as with computerised payroll (Sage Payroll). I hope you will agree that this is a sound background for an entry level Payroll Clerk.

I have enclosed my CV for your review. Please call me at the contact number given so that we can discuss how my qualification can be of benefit to your company. I look forward to hearing from you and am available for interview at your convenience.

Thank you for considering my application.

grammar in covering letter

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:01:58 GMT

Thank you for considering my application.

Yours faithfully,
AA

Re: Grammar help.Thanks

26TMNTJG2PG — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:09:33 GMT

Dear Sir or Madam

I refer to your recent advertisement. Please accept this letter and resume for a sales Agronomist position currently available within your company.

As my enclosed resume shows, I graduated from Orel Agricultural University. I have experience in Russia and the USA and during the last 6 years, my work had been as an agronomist in the USA.

Given my related experience and excellent capabilities. I should deserve your favorable consideration for this job opening. I am confident that I can make a valuable contribution to your organizationâs future projects and initiatives.

Examples of results from my experience in recent years include the following:Â·        Calculations of revenue expenses, profits and losses of agricultural companies;        Forecasting of financial results, reports of production and determining the cost price of products;        Agricultural planning and research;        Improvement productivity and quality of agricultural crops, solving problems; and        Understanding farm business.

I believe that I have the skills and experience to be a good employee in your company, and I would appreciate the opportunity of an interview to discuss my application further. At the present time, I am looking for an employer who hires foreign worker to get a temporary work in Canada. My resume contains additional details regarding my career accomplishments. And I thank you in advance for your time and review of my qualifications.

Faithfully yours,

Name

Re: Pre CELTA course grammar task

Anonymous — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:36:45 GMT

As part of the interview, you will be given some language awareness tasks. This is designed to help us assess your ability to analyse your own language. It is not a test of your knowledge of grammar rules. If you don't feel particularly confident, you might want to look at 'English Grammar in Use' (Murphy) or 'Learning Teaching (Scrivener) for the more practical side of teaching.

Correction of an Essay

learner_of_english — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:05:57 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying to write Essays to improve my English level cause I want to study in the United Kingdom. But I always have some problems in grammar.

So I would like a kind English speaker correct the big mistakes in the grammar of my sentences (not the content). I'll be very grateful if you can help me

Thanks a lot !

The topic is : "According to press articles, the US is a more masculine country than France. To what extent do you believe this is true ?"

Through History, weâve seen that American people are proud and want to manage the world. Meanwhile, French people know how to live and they have a more collectivism mentality. According to several studies, the US is a more âmasculineâ country than France. Weâre about to study if this is a reality or not.

1Â°/ First, we can compare educational values between these two countries.

The American people educational values are rather funded on individualism.

Each person must show his value to be recognized, the merit is more important than the link formed (relationship) with others. Pupils and students have to be independent, self-confident, their teacher assists them in work but they donât give solutions. They also have to be competitive.

For instance, intercollegiate sporting events are promoted in American football and basketball. These competitions attract not only young people but all sport fans.

In France, educational values are rather funded on collectivism.

The ties between people are privileged, it doesnât matter if a person undergoes many failures his family and his friends will always support him. Devotion in relationships is essential because people donât stand to be alone.

As students, weâre used to partying several times by week, we enter in student associations to share our ideals with others and we think that is the victory of groups which is the more important.

For example, in soccer games, one player goal is the equip goal. (but 1 joueur est le but de lâÃ©quipe)

According to Geert Hofstede (a press article writer), these points show that the US is a more masculine country than France. I think we can reveal there is another aspect of this topic with gender ideas.

2Â°/ The power that is a more masculine idea can be illustrated by American will to possess big things.

Indeed, American cars are big like 4x4 or pick up, they like to eat big burgers.

They use an amazing budget for their movies with many special effects and they often contain fights like Rambo, Terminator or Rocky. Each time, we have the feeling that American glory is bet and itâs always American people who win.

Then, American comics imply heroes with a super strength and a nice physical appearance like Superman or Hulk.

On the contrary, French culture hires the small things and products are adapted to family which is a more feminine idea.

There are small French cars for young people the Twingo, the Clio or the Smart and weâre used to taking a little break with a small cup of coffee.

In France, there are often humoristic or romantic movies like movie of the moment âBienvenue chez les châtisâ which is the best French humoristic movie of the year.

Weâre also used to reading comics like âAstÃ©rixâ or âTintinâ who are not really superheroes.

As we see through all these examples America owns more masculine ideas than France and we really saw a gap between these two mentalities.

3Â°/ However, the feminine culture in France is limited.

We also have a competitive policy as we se through a job or college interview. The selection is tough, there are some oral or written exams and many people are refused.

The vision of soccer as a âsweetâ sport is far from reality because many players are hurt during the games.

Furthermore, there are French action movies like âLes riviÃ¨res pourpresâ, âNikitaâ and âLeonâ which compete with American super production.

In my opinion, the association between masculine culture with men who search for success and power, and feminine culture with women who look after their family is a stereotype. It tends to disappear today, women are more and more independent and they can be companyâs bosses or minister.

For instance, the French company CHANEL is lead by a woman.

To conclude, obviously the US is a more âmasculineâ culture than France. But in my view, there isnât a best culture because self-confidence and relationships are essential to have a happy live.

We can wonder if the promotion of power and success could not lead to abuse.

Sincerely,

Re: Correction of an Essay

learner_of_english — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:10:36 GMT

Hello,

Thanks for your quick answer !

I didn't realise my sentences were so short, I corrected them so I hope it is better now. I added numbers to empasis my main points.

Could you help me to correct my grammar ?