新东方：专家教你如何用英文写求职信（CoverLetter）
2019-11-1817:32
作者：朱博
HopingtoapplytoajobinanEnglish-speakingcountryYoumightthinkthatafterputtingtogetheryourrésuméorCVyourworkisdone,butthere’sstillaveryimportantstepleft:thecoverletter.
想要在英语国家找工作，光准备好简历是不够的，coverletter也绝不能忽视。
Acoverletterisashortletter–nomorethanonepage–thatgoesontopofyourapplication.It’sthefirstthingthatemployersread,and,ifit’swell-writtenandintriguing,shouldencouragethehiringmanagertoturnthepageandlookatyourapplication,insteadofthrowingitinthetrashandmovingon.
coverletter在你申请资料的首页，内容不超过一页纸。你的雇主会最先读这一部分的内容，所以coverletter一定要写得“引人入胜”，否则，你精心准备的申请资料只能被扔进垃圾桶了。
It’simportanttorememberthatthecoverlettermakesafirstimpression,soit’simportanttopayparticularattentiontospelling,grammar,andreadability.Theletterisyouropportunitytoshowyourpersonality,interpretyourexperience,andexplaintotheemployerwhytheyshouldhireyou.
coverletter会给雇主留下对你的第一印象，所以一定要注意拼写和语法的正确性以及可读性。它是你展现个性和解读阅历的机会，你要给雇主一个雇用你的理由。
Becausethelettershouldbespecifictothejobopening,don’tsendthesamelettertoeverycompanyyouapplyto.Feelfreetousesimilarideasandwordings,butemployersshouldnotbeabletotellthatyouerasedanothercompany’snameandwrotetheirsin.Doalittleresearchaboutthecompanybeforeyouwritetheletter.Youwanttocomeacrossasinterested,informed,andresourceful.
每一封coverletter都是对应具体的招聘职位的，所以不要去每个公司应聘都用一样的coverletter。你大可以在不同的letter里用相似的想法和措词，但是别让雇主感觉你仅仅是擦去了上家公司的名字换上了他们家的。在写信前，多做些调研。你应该让雇主感觉你对该公司很感兴趣，并且见多识广足智多谋。
Startbyaddressingtheletter.Dowhatyoucantofindthenameofthepersonwhowillbemakingthedecisions,andaddressittothem.Thismakesthelettermorepersonal.Otherwise,addressittoarelevantjobtitle:
DearMr.Jones,
DearMs.Smith,
Dear[CompanyName]HiringManager,
[note:intheUS,itiscustomarytoputaperiod/fullstopaftertheabbreviations“Mr.”and“Ms.”InBritishEnglish,thispunctuationisleftout.]
Inthefirstparagraph,explainwhyyou’rewriting.Statethepositionyou’reapplyingforandwhereyouheardabouttheopening.Ifyoutalkedtoanyoneinthecompanyabouttheposition,besuretomentionthembyname,asitwilldistinguishyoufromotherapplicants.Alsoincludeaverybriefexplanationofwhyyou’reinterestedandwhoyouare.
第一段，解释写信理由。陈述自己要应聘的岗位以及在哪里听说该岗位空缺。如果你有公司内部人员推荐，要在信中提到他们的名字，这样雇主才能把你跟其他应聘者区分开。同时，要简要介绍一下自己，并解释一下为什么有意愿进入该公司。
Inthesecond(andpossiblythird)paragraph(s),discussyourexperienceinmoredetailand,mostimportantly,howitappliestotheopening.Don’tlisteverythingthatyou’veincludedinyourrésuméorCV.Instead,chooseafewveryrelevantand/orimpressivepointsthatwillintriguethereader.Useactivewordsthathighlightyourskills.
TheseparagraphsgiveyouanopportunitytochangehowthehiringmanagerreadsyourrésuméorCV.Foreverybitofexperiencethatyoumention,sayhowitdemonstratesaskillthatwouldbeessentialforthejob.Thisisparticularlyimportantifyourexperienceisn’tquiteinthesamefieldastheopening:youhavetheopportunitytoexplainhowyourexperienceinotherfieldscanbeappliedtothisnewone.
这些段落可以让你有机会改变雇主解读你简历的方式。对于每一个你提到的工作经历，一定要说明它体现出的对于该职位很重要的能力，尤其是当你之前的工作经历与应聘岗位不在一个领域的时候。这里你有了个很好的机会向雇主解释，你在其他领域的经验和技能是如何可以应用到新的岗位的。