Create a compelling cover letter and get that interview invite! This course will help you create application letters that effectively complement a CV. This course covers the structure and content of Application Letters, advice from our industry professionals and front-line recruiters about what to include in Application Letters, and language input on verbs, parallel structures, and tone and style.

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The content of this course complements the skills and strategies covered in English@Work: CVs.

If you have not completed that course, enroll and enjoy!

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, learners will have learned how to:

• write cover letters that have impact

• improve the content and structure of your cover letters

• use a variety of verb forms and tenses with greater accuracy

• employ parallel structures to make your writing easier to read

• adopt appropriate tone and style in your cover letter

Syllabus

There are five units in this course:

1. Writing an Effective Cover Letter

2. Verb Forms and Tenses

3. Parallel Structures

4. Tone and Style

5. Assessments

In order to get a certificate, you need to complete the assessment components and achieve a 50% passing score. The two assessments are both located in the Assessment section:

1. Assessment Cover Letter Grading 50%

2. Peer-Assessment 50%