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How to Write a Clerical Resume Cover Letter

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Feel free to utilize the guidelines provided on this page to create your clerical resume cover letter. A cover letter is a standard for submitting your application, and you shouldn?t leave one out of your application unless you?re specifically requested to do so.

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Step by Step Guide to Writing Your Clerical Resume Cover Letter:

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Step 1: Research

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Before you write your cover letter for a clerical position, you should find out a few things about the company you?re applying to. First, you need to find out the name of the manager who?s in charge of making the hiring decisions, so you can properly greet them in your letter.

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Second thing you need to find out is the company?s mailing address, so it can be included under your personal information at the top of your clerical resume cover letter.

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Third, read over the company website, or the job description for the position you want, and find a quality that they need, and which you can provide (you?re going to use this later in paragraph two.)

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Step 2: Contact Information

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Type your contact information at the top of the cover letter, then hit the enter key on your keyboard 3 ? 5 times. Next type contact information of the company you?re applying to, and make sure it ends with ?C/O Name of Manager? ? this adds some professionalism to the cover letter and will help avoid confusion.

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Step 3: Greet Your Reader

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Next, you want to greet your reader. The greeting should be centered on the page about 10 spaces below the contact information. In the left margin type your greeting (E.g., ?Dear Mr./Ms. ____,? or ?Dear First & Last Name,?) then type the current date in the right margin, on the same line.

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Step 4: Paragraph One

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Paragraph one of your clerical resume cover letter will introduce you to the employer (by telling them your name), tell them how you found out about the job (E.g., referral, newspaper ad, Internet site, or other), and should include something about the position that interests you (E.g., working conditions, training programs, upward mobility, etc.) Just don?t make any mention of salary or benefits in your cover letter, that?s to be discussed at the job interview, once the interviewer brings it up.

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Step 5: Paragraph Two

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Paragraph two will highlight the skills you have to offer the company. In your research, you should have identified a specific need that the company has for their clerical staff. In this paragraph you?re going to match your qualifications to that need, and tell the employer why you?re the best man/woman for the job. In the absence of working experience: Entry level applicants should focus on their education, computer skills, data entry skills, customer service ability, etc. Try to focus on one or two major skills you have to offer.

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Step 6: Final Paragraph

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In the final paragraph of your covering letter you should indicate how excited you are to schedule an in-person interview, and tell your reader your phone number and a time to get in touch. Yes, you?ve already listed your phone number at the top of the cover letter, and your resume, but there?s no harm in making it as accessible as possible for your busy reader.

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Step 7: Closing Phrase

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End your clerical resume cover letter with a proper business closing. ?Regards,? is a professionally accepted way to close a letter. Other examples include ?Sincerely,? or a simple ?Thank you.? Type your name a few spaces below your closing, and sign your name in the space between ? either with a digital signature (if emailing) or handwritten (for paper submissions.)

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