Yours Truly, Jane Doe?

Jackson6612Please make corrections/edits to the following application/letter. There are also some questions in superscipt position, please answer them.

To,



The Vice Chancellor,

,

Chandrapore.

Subject: APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF LECTURER (PHYSICS)

Respected Sir, [Is this a normal method of greeting in your culture? Here the accepted norm would be "Dear Vice Chancellor"; It would not be usual for the Vice Chancellor to be recruiting new staff]

I came to know through the reliable recourses [what do you mean by this? Advertisements? The grapevine?] that you have some vacancies [there is only one post indicated = "Lecturer (Physics)]. for service of above mention post. As such I qualify for this Grade [position] and would like to I offer my services apply for this post. My experience and qualification will fit the position of this required post.

I am capable of accepting new challenges in ever changing environment.

So I shall be grateful to you if you give me a chance for the service of above

mention post.

My CV and other documents are enclosed herewith for your kind consideration. and favourable response please. I hope that you will consider my application and shall look forward to hearing from you.

Yours truly,faithfully

Jane Doe

^{1: Is it correct to write date here?} Dated:

Address:

C/O^{2: what does C/O mean here?}. Mr. John Doe (Late) "care of" [nb "Late" indicates that Mr John Doe is dead, so he cannot be used as someone to whom correspondence is sent.
Malgudi, Street #17^{3: Can I write I just Street 17?}, , Chandrapore. [This must be a local term - you will have to decide]

Contact No:

          Res. (091)-454-5435  Cell. (359)-335-3554                                                                   

Respected Sir, [Is this a normal method of greeting in your culture? Here the accepted norm would be "Dear Vice Chancellor"; It would not be usual for the Vice Chancellor to be recruiting new staff] Yes, you are correct that Vice Chancellor won't recruiting new staff himslf or reading this application. But whom should I address this application to then? [If this post is advertised in the press, it will have an indication of who should be addressed. Usually it will be the Personnel Department or Human Resources Department - in whch case you need to start with the neutral "Dear Sir or Madam"]


I came to know through the reliable recourses ^{Can't I use resources here instead of recourses?} [what do you mean by this? Advertisements? The grapevine?] ^{I just mean any source of information}. [Too general and unlikely>> "I notice from your adevertisement in [name of newspaper/website] that you have some vacancies

Yours truly,faithfully <sup>Should there be a comma between Yours and faithfully? [absolutely not]

1: Is it correct to write date here?</sup> Dated:

Address:

C/O^{2: what does C/O mean here?}. Mr. John Doe (Late) "care of" [nb "Late" indicates that Mr John Doe is dead, so he cannot be used as someone to whom correspondence is sent. I know C/O means care of but what is the purpose of using it here? I cannot think/ What is your source?

Address:

C/O. Mr. John Doe

Malgudi, Street #17, Malgudi Road, Chandrapore



Perhaps, by using C/O author of the application letter is trying to say that he is living with someone else like his grandfather and correspondence should be made to his grandpa's address.

Absolutely correct - but if "(late)" is inserted after the name, the interpretation is that the person in the address is dead. Someone who is dead does not [generally] receive correspondence.
Your original posting had this:

C/O Mr. John Doe (Late)

Feebs11Absolutely correct - but if "(late)" is inserted after the name, the interpretation is that the person in the address is dead. Someone who is dead does not [generally] receive correspondence.
Your original posting had this:

C/O Mr. John Doe (Late)

Hi Feebs,

Okay, now I get it. Should I use a period after C/O or brackets around it?

C/O. Mr. John or [C/O] Mr. John

neither - it is written "c/o xxxxxxxx" [nb - no capital letters]

Feebs11neither - it is written "c/o xxxxxxxx" [nb - no capital letters]

Hi Feebs,

There are many other expressions of the kind c/o like:

D/O - daughter of

S/O - father of

D.O.B. - date of birth

Should these expressions also be written in small letters, but generally these expressions occur in the beginning of proceeding text?