By Tabitha Makumi,
It’s not once or twice that this kind of question has hit my inbox; it reads something close to this, “What is the best form of a cover letter? Do I send a typed one or a handwritten one?
We now live in a world where almost everything is done through computers….click click the keyboard and voila!….. but wait a minute I once heard that handwritten cover letters are more effective than typed ones…..what to do??????
Martin Githaiga a HR Consultant with a leading HR Consultancy firm advises that, “If you are applying for a job where your handwriting will be a key factor to be considered for example a Personal Assistant Jobs they will often indicate on the job advert that you are suppossed to send a hand written cover letter. As a job seeker, follow instructions.
But there are a lot of jobs nowadays which will not indicate this kind of instructions on the job advert, what is a job seeker to do?
“In this case, always go with a typed cover letter. As a recruiter who deals with a lot of CV’s and Cover letters daily I would much rather see a neat typed covering letter on A4 rather than a hand written one,” Martin adds.
Allow me to add this, your cover letter is your big opportunity to sell yourself to the prospective employer. It should be typed in a plain font, neatly formatted into paragraphs which draw out and expand on the qualities / experience you have mentioned on your CV that make you the best person for the job.
Have any more questions which you would like us to answer? Write to careerpointkenya(at)gmail.com
It’s not once or twice that this kind of question has hit my inbox; it reads something close to this, “What is the best form of a cover letter? Do I send a typed one or a handwritten one?
We now live in a world where almost everything is done through computers….click click the keyboard and voila!….. but wait a minute I once heard that handwritten cover letters are more effective than typed ones…..what to do??????
Martin Githaiga a HR Consultant with a leading HR Consultancy firm advises that, “If you are applying for a job where your handwriting will be a key factor to be considered for example a Personal Assistant Jobs they will often indicate on the job advert that you are suppossed to send a hand written cover letter. As a job seeker, follow instructions.
But there are a lot of jobs nowadays which will not indicate this kind of instructions on the job advert, what is a job seeker to do?
“In this case, always go with a typed cover letter. As a recruiter who deals with a lot of CV’s and Cover letters daily I would much rather see a neat typed covering letter on A4 rather than a hand written one,” Martin adds.
Allow me to add this, your cover letter is your big opportunity to sell yourself to the prospective employer. It should be typed in a plain font, neatly formatted into paragraphs which draw out and expand on the qualities / experience you have mentioned on your CV that make you the best person for the job.
Have any more questions which you would like us to answer? Write to careerpointkenya(at)gmail.com
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