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Re: Sentence structure is back bone in business writing, how much effective it is?

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:00:38 GMT

Its very true and I totally agree with you. Think for a while that why resumes and cover letter writing is considered very effective for getting a job. What do you think why in all institutions all over the world teach their business level students subject of âBusiness communicationâ? The reason is that even to get a business deal you must known how to impress the other party through your expression and that usually includes both writing and speaking skills. Now suppose if you write an application letter to a multinational company and you do not take care of the exclamatory marks or the grammar rules or any lingual rule, do you think that you will be able to give string impression? No not at all. Thatâs why it is very true sentence structure is the backbone of business writing.

Re: cany any one check grammer/ flow critiuqe

Grammar Geek — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:34:29 GMT

Hi Bryan,

Welcome to English Forums. I think people have not responded because we're not sure what to say!

This is not like any cover letter I have ever seen, but I think the advice you need is cultural, not grammatical. I think you would be better served asking someone in your wife's country for help on how a cover letter there should be formed. For example, sometimes people from India ask for advice, and if they followed my rewrites, they would be considered curt and rude in their country, but if they used their originals here, it would be overly ornamental and flowery. So I think you're best off asking for advice from people who live where you plan to work.

Your grammar is fine. The one thing I can say is that including the part about the multi-million dollar family is not a great idea. It would give me the idea that you don't need a job at all. I appreciate your difficulty in trying to package yourself when you have such varied experience.

Good luck.

Re: Top of Resume, Stating reason for 3 year gap in Employment.

Grammar Geek — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:21:25 GMT

Saturdays are slow, David. We have real lives here - softball games, trips to Sears, battling the grocery store. Don't get too upset if we take a few hours to respond.

Are you looking for help on the paragraph about your gap? Don't put that on your resume! It is WAY to much information for any propsective employer to hear. Simply mention something about returning to the workforce in your cover letter. 3 years is not something that sounds like "got fired - couldn't find a new job."

Your grammar is fine, but I don't like the "and more so" part. I'm also not sure if you should have a "the" before "clientele." Lastly, I would not capitalize adminstrative/financial.

You might want to check out Monster and Career Builder's resources for sample objectives

Help with Cover Letter Letter pls

ankdres — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:36:13 GMT

Can anyone help me please with this letter? Grammar and concordance for example?

Motivation Letter:

The Graduate programme in Finance at Hampton College is according my target to develop my skills on the financial field for a knowledge improvement and a career progression on the financial industry. Regarding the excellent reputation of Hampton College in specific, the Department of Economics, and its international recognized researches, I have chosen Hampton to study. Furthermore, I also plan to do the Master in Finance at Hampton, after finishing the graduate finance program.

I have a work experience in La Caja, one of the biggest spanishes bank in assets, working in an external commission auditing loans contracts and reporting directly for the Spanish Central Bank and the National Treasury. After that, I have finished my degree and I came to London to improve my English skills when I have started to work in a International Company of Fundsâ Transfers, liasing with more than 240 banks around the world, processing and confirming multi FX settlements, treasury, daily reconcialitions and cheque risk administrations. Starting as sales executive and finishing as a manager in the central branch of the company.

Aside my working experience, I also have knowledge in stock market, being a keen awareness of world events, current affair and financial markets. My interest in those subjects have started after I made a course, during my degree, in financial markets and technical chart analysis, and I have started to invest on the Madrid Stock Exchange using an online stockbroker platform.

I have studied the elementary and high school in a top school in Madrid, Montfort School, which allowed me to enter in a top 5 university in Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Where I have studied Business Administration, what the equivalent in UK would be a Bachelor Hons Degree in Science in Business Administration. Which includes, statistics, finance, accounting, marketing, economics, administration, human resource and strategy planning.

Thus, I am very motivated in improve my mathematical skills and my technical knowledge in finance with Hampton College.

Your sincerely,

Anderson.

Cover Letter University Postgraduation. Could anyone please help me?

ankdres — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:37:29 GMT

Could you please help me with my grammar in this cover letter?

The Cover Letter:

Thus, I am very motivated in improve my mathematical skills and my technical knowledge in finance with Hampton College.

Your sincerely,

Anderson.

Internship Cover Letter Details

InViVe — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:32:22 GMT

Any help "fixing" the following cover letter, would be greatly appreciated. I plan to send it to a research institute in the US which has a few internship positions available for students worldwide. In their own words, the cover letter should include a statement of my specific research interests, contact details and relevant coursework and grades received. Having discussed it briefly with some of my professors i ended up with this:

"My contact details"

"Contact details of the institute's member responsible for the internship"

Date

Dear Dr. ***,

I am writing in response to your posting for the *** Internship Program. I am currently a final year Masterâs student in *** at the University of ***, and I would like to be considered for the internship position on the *** project. I am particularly interested in working on expanding the simulation capability currently available within *** whose âevolutionâ I have followed in the literature.

My academic background includes the following relevant graduate courses:

Computer Programming, a course referring to C++ programming â both object oriented and structured programming - in which I received a grade of 9 (on a scale from 0 to 10).
Advanced Software Engineering, a course on design patterns, the Single responsibility principle and refactorings (ongoing).
Advanced Artificial Intelligence, during which I was taught Prolog, Constraint Programming, Constraint Logic Programming (using the ECLiPSe platform), planning with constraints (including a project concerning mixed initiative temporal planning with constraints), and reasoning under uncertainty (MDPs, chapters 13 to 17 of the book "Artificial Intelligence, A modern approach" by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig). I received a grade of 9.
Neural Networks and Evolutionary Algorithms, dealing with several neural network architectures as well as other machine learning approaches, including the first five chapters of the book "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Christopher M. Bishop (ongoing).

Other relevant courses from my undergraduate studies (also in ***) include:

Artificial intelligence, which covered the first twelve chapters of the AIMA textbook (including partial order planning). I received a grade of 10.
Object oriented programming, a course on Java programming and UML. I received a grade of 9.

This semester I will begin working on my Masterâs Thesis, the topic of which is "***. It involves simulating "...". In the future, I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in ***, possibly by extending my research in my diploma thesis.

It is my belief that I could contribute effectively as a member of your program, which in turn would allow me to continue to pursue my research interests and future academic career. I consider this internship an ideal opportunity to obtain hands-on experience. Also, it would greatly benefit me to collaborate with fellow interns and have as my mentor Mr. ***.

I enclose a recent curriculum vitae for your attention and I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

"My name & surname"

My doubts are as to:

Whether there are any grammar or syntactical errors
Should the cover letter have information on where i found their program advertisement? For example "I am writing in response to your posting for the *** Internship Program, of which I learned through an email from the *** googlegroup."?
The part "I am particularly interested in working on expanding the simulation capability currently available within *** whose âevolutionâ I have followed in the literature." in the first paragraph originally was "I would wish to be considered for the intership position on the *** project, and if possible for the part of ***, of which I read and was particularly interested in, in the paper â***â which was presented in the *** Workshop on ***." Which version do you think is better?
If i should include the sentence 'Also, it would greatly benefit me to collaborate with fellow interns and have as my mentor Mr. ***." or maybe it sounds "fake" (although it is in fact true!)
In the original version of this cover letter, the last paragraph was
"Also, it would greatly benefit me to have as my mentor Mr. ***, whose career in the *** and *** I think of very highly, and collaborate with fellow interns, as until this time, I havenât had the opportunity to work in a multi-member research group. Finally, travelling and actually staying in the United States has always been one of my dreams, being an avid traveller, but unfortunately, I havenât been able to make this trip a reality due to its excessive cost." Was i right in replacing it?
Finally, should the courses' information also refer to the teacher who instructed me (especially since one of them has cooperated in the past with the internship's project mentor), or not?

Thank you in advance for any help given!

Could you check my letter?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:15:22 GMT

Hi! I have writen a cover letter about an internship through a grant program, could you please check if the grammar, use of vocabulary,etc. is correct? I'll welcome any comments.
Thank you !

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my interest in obtaining a practical internship at (company name) through the ARGO grant program.

ARGO is a mobility project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science within the framework of the European program Leonardo da Vinci. Its aim is to promote practical internships in European companies within Spanish University graduates. ARGO grants include financial help for the intern and an insurance policy during the stay which will not suppose any additional cost for your company.

I recently graduated from the -- University with a degree in -- and I have gained some work experience in both a --and a --. As you can see from my enclosed CV, I can communicate appropriately in English. I was awarded grade C in the Certificate in Advanced English and I attended a course in English language in --My reason for applying is that I would like to use and develop the skills and knowledge I have gained to a six month internship at (company name). I feel that it would be a very interesting experience and that I would enjoy the opportunity to broaden my cultural awareness by living at a foreign country. I have found some general information about your company and was impressed by your absolute commitment to training and development. For this reason I consider your company to be the right place for me.

I am sure my interest in learning new skills as well as the benefits that the ARGO program offers to your company could be an excellent opportunity.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any further information.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Re: I need help to check the grammar and spelling in this cover letter

Mister Micawber — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:45:10 GMT

I presume that you are attaching your resume; you should make reference to it in the cover letter:

Dear Mr. <name>,

I understand that you have an opening in your department, which I found out about through <name>. If you are searching for an energetic, highly motivated individual to join your team, please consider my application. I am looking for a position where I can build upon my current skills base. I am currently in the process of completing my CCNA Certification and expect to have this within the next few weeks.

The knowledge and professional experience I can bring to your organization include:

- installation of hardware and software

- operating systems

- system(s) administration

- network engineering

I have enclosed/attached my resume / curriculum vitae for your consideration. Please contact me if I cananswer any further questions. I look forward to the possibility of speaking with you soon.

Sincerely yours,

[Signature]
[Name]
[Contact information]

Re: Help for my cover letter Thx!

Clive — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:51:53 GMT

Hi,

Do you expect them to read your cover letter first? I assume so. Obviously, that has a bearing on how you write it.

I've tried to offer some comments, from the point of view of the manager who reads this. If you want to make any changes, please do that and repost, and then I can just look at your English grammar. OK?

Clive

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to apply for the position of "F.O.G.S.A." as I find the position very interesting and appropriate to my ambitions. <<< too self-centred. The reader is thinking, how can this guy help me with my problems. How about 'as I feel I can help maintain your company's high reputation for customer service and satisfaction?

I think my experience will be beneficial, <<< again, who to? You, or the company? indeed, this year, I worked as a maintenance technician for many companies because I was in temporary work but since March to September, I was a software and hardware hotline technician so I know the rules of a customer support and how it works. Just talk about your knowledge of scustomer support, and maybe leave at least some of these details to your resume?

Also, I think this job will be for me a great opportunity <<< again, the focus is on why this job is good for you to combine my work skills with the video game knowledge I have. Indeed, video games are a passion for me specially online video games, which I have a very good experience by tested a lot of different MMORPGs, experience that is necessary to be a good <<reviewer? critical?>> to see how I can be more productive, more effective to improve myself and the service quality.

I am confident that my qualifications will be of interest to you, and I look forward to hearing from you, I am available on any dayweek for a phone call.

Thank you for your attention,

Yours truly,

GRAMMAR QUESTIONS

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:40:17 GMT

Please see the cover letter below. Is there a better way to write this? Our Administrator has chosen this for our cover letter template but I think it could be written a little better. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kerry

_____________________________________________________________________________SEE BELOW

Dear Ellen:

Enclosed is the Loss Prevention Report from my visit on October 11, 2007. Also, enclosed is a copy of a Loss Prevention Business Plan outlining the safety goals and objectives.

The purpose of the business plan is to develop a direction of the loss prevention services available to you and provide the best benefit in terms of a safe working environment for your employees. After your review of this document, any input you may have would be welcomed.

(***) appreciates your commitment to loss prevention and safety. If you have any questions please call me at the (***) office at 555-968-5555 ext. 874.

Sincerely,