Read about the ⭐ INTERNSHIP LETTER ⭐ creation process. See what to include and how to present your ambitions and academic experience to get the desired position!
An internship is a chance to get a good job, particularly for young specialists who have no work experience. Looking for a sample cover letter for an internship on the internet, one may copy a bad example or a standardised and uninteresting text. That is why it is better to trust no one and create a letter on your own. But not everybody can do it, and this is a big problem. So, how to write a cover letter for an internship?
One can imagine that a resume is a product, and a cover letter is its packaging. Remember how you select products in the store. A decent packaging attracts attention and makes you come up and look at goods closer. The same situation with a cover letter – a packaging is crucial for a resume!
Jenny Blakesley (the director at the London School of Economics) in her book How to write CVs and cover letters mentioned:
“The cover letter is often the first thing the recruiter sees and will set their expectations for what is to follow. A good cover letter will highlight your key strengths and motivations for wanting to work in a particular organisation; the CV will then go into more detail about what you have achieved. The recruiter will form an impression of you based on both documents.”
The task of the cover letter is to tell about your goals, intentions and motivation so, that a potential employer would like to meet particularly with you.
You must contact a recipient in accordance with the requirements of a formal business style.
Start the first line of the message with the salutation. You may use the words "Dear Mr. /Ms X. " depending on the name, position and gender of the contact person. Do not write "Hey" or "Hello." You must sound very formal and reveal your respect. Therefore, make sure that you know how to spell the name of HR manager, revise on the website all call to the company to ask one more time. The power of calling someone by name (even in written form) is significant. It attracts the attention of a person you are going to speak too. If you make a mistake in someone’s name, it will also attract attention, but in a very negative sense.
If you cannot find out who you are going to communicate to, use a formal phrase “To whom it may concern.”
Tell a recipient your name and status (for example, a third-year biology student at the University of Lagos). Write what exactly you want to get from a recipient. In your case, it will be an internship.
Indicate how you learned about the internship (found the ads online, read in the newspaper or learned from friends). If you have mutual friends, then tell about it as soon as possible. For example, you could write "program manager X... / my professor X…. suggested me to contact you."
Concentrate not on what you have done but on what you are ready to do:
Do you need the practice to study? If it suits you, then indicate that you need an internship primarily to gain experience, and you do not require the list of job duties and compensation. Besides, mention the skills you hope to acquire during your internship.
Mention what (in your opinion) a company is proud of. However, avoid mentioning any negative news and keep a positive tone of the correspondence. For example, you could write that a company has an excellent reputation, and you appreciate their commitment providing volunteer assistance to homeless animals.
You must leave your contact information: name, email address, phone number, and specify the time when you are available. You may write: "You can reach me by phone, and also contact me by e-mail. If you cannot contact me, I may call you back (next Monday, for example)."
Thank the reader politely for the time he or she has spent viewing the letter. End your message with warm words such as "With respect", “Thank you for considering my application”, or "With best regards." Do not use just "Thank you" or just "All the best" to complete your business correspondence as long as it is considered informal. Indicate your full name and not just first name.
It will be your resume. Do not attach your resume to an unsolicited e-mail for an internship. If a company does not actively search for interns, then employees may not want to open investments (especially if this contradicts their information security rules at workplaces). However, if you are asked to send a resume in the advertising brochure, attach the document in PDF format (and not Word, where the formatting may be lost/changed during the opening on another system).
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Below you may find several online examples of cover letters for an internship. They are short and informative. Read them and try to create your own one.
Not only content but also a format matters for an employer. With the help of the following tips, you will find out not only what to write but also how to write a good letter content.
So the secret of a good internship letter is in its style, conciseness and qualitative content. Internship letters focus on the interests of the company, and not on the personal interest of the candidate. Show that you know what a company needs and the position will be yours!
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Source: Legit.ng