Assignment 3: The Job Application: Cover Letter
This assignment will help students prepare a written job application letter, as well as develop proper formats for any business letter. If students want to get a head start, there are many resources available online.
The task here is to identify any job that you can find either at the Gates Foundation, (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Jobs/Job-Search (Links to an external site.)), or any company in which you are interested in working. You will then develop a cover letter as part of an application for that job. While the letter should be addressed to a key hiring person (*) at The Gates Foundation (or any company), it will be submitted to the instructor via Canvas
Please be sure to use the class writing guidelines relating to fonts. spacing, layout and the like.
You do not have to use source citations for this assignment
(*) If you cannot find the name of the hiring manager, please assume it is Mary Smith, Vice President Human Resources, The Gates Foundation, and address the letter to her.
Please be sure that you identify the specific job in your cover letter for which you are hypothetically applying, as well as match your skills to those that are required. In many cases, you might not have the specific qualifications for the job you seek, in which case you will need to sell your great attitude, ability, willingness to learn and the like.
Alternately, if you come across an actual job posting in some other organization for which you would like to develop a written application, that is fine as long as it is an actual job opening. In this case, please address it to the relevant person at that organization and refer to the URL of the job posting in your cover letter so the instructor can see it.








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