Letter of application

Dear Mr Scott,

I am writing to apply for the position of Senior Programmer; which was advertised on 28th March in The Times.

I graduated in May 2002 and did a work placement with British Gas as part of my degree. Before taking my present job I worked for a year with NCR. I stayed in this job till March 2004. For the last three years I have been working as a software engineer for Intelligent Software. I have designed four programs in COBOL for commercial use, and since January I have been writing programs in C for use in large retail chains. These have been very successful and we have won several new contracts in the UK and Europe on the strength of my team's success.

Two years ago I spent three months in Spain testing our programs and also made several visits to Italy, so I have a basic knowledge of Spanish and Italian. I now feel ready for more responsibility and more challenging work, and would welcome the opportunity to learn about a new industry.

I enclose my curriculum vitae. I will be available for an interview at anytime.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Brown

Curriculum vitae

Personal information

Name: ___________________________

Address: Baker Street, 5, London 28040

Telephone: 00 34 91 5435201

Email: mquintana0782@telefonica.net

Date of birth: 28/07/82

Education and Training

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Work experience

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IT skills

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Personal skills

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Languages

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Hobbies and Interests

Web surfing, listening to music and travelling

References

Miguel Santana, Manager, keo.es Sam Jakes, Lecturer, Cybernetics College

(from Infotech English for Computer Users)

17. Read the advertisement for a webmaster:

Web Designer

Location: Trafford Park, Manchester (M17), M17

Salary: From £ 16, 000 to £ 20, 000 per annum

Date posted: 09/10/2012 16: 40

Job type: Permanent

Company: Potential Recruitment

Contact: Lindsay Petre

Ref: Totaljobs/wd

Job ID: 54552090

This is a great opportunity for a web designer with a degree and some experience to join a small but key ecommerce team.If you have experience of web design in the retail sector you will really be appreciated here!

You will be designing web sites in HTML and CSS looking to ensure the customer journey is a very good one with brilliant user interface design. There will be considerable product image editing as part of this role. Unsurprisingly content management systems are also a main part of the role too.

When not web designing you will be designing and building Email – so there will never be a dull moment!

So you will be a web master, with creative flair, a commercial mind set and driven by design.

18. Compose a letter of application, using the key phrases:

Paragraph one: reason for writing I am writing to apply for the position of...

Paragraph two: education and training I graduated in (date)... I completed a course in...

Paragraph three: work experience For the past X years I have been... Since X have been...

Paragraph four: personal skills I spent X months in (country)..., so I have knowledge of (foreign languages). I can...

Paragraph five: reasons why you are applying for this job I now feel ready to... and would welcome the opportunity to...

Paragraph six: closing / availability for interview I enclose... I look forward to... I will be available for an interview...

(from Infotech English for Computer Users)