101 Cover Letter Samples for Jobs

These are some cover letters that students have used successfully to secure interviews. They are provided as guides only since your cover letter should reflect your skills, experience, training, and personality and how they match the job for which you are applying.

As it is of great importance to the future of your job and academic purpose, today Khmer Intellectuals is pleased to bring you 101 Cover Letter Samples:

1. Harvard University - Cover Letters and Other Job Search Correspondencehttp://www.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/career_services/pdf/cover_letters_guide.pdf

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Smart Cover Letters http://web.mit.edu/career/www/workshops/resumes/section4sam_resume.htm

3. California State University, USA, Cover Letter Exampleshttp://www.csuchico.edu/plc/coverltr-ex.html

4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/cover_letter.html

5. Morningside College Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.morningside.edu/student_life/careers/sampleletter.cfm

6. Ball State University Cover Letter Guidehttp://www.bsu.edu/students/careers/documents/coverltr/

7. Vanderbilt University Career Center Cover lettershttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/career/students/coverLetterSamples.php?search=sample%20cover%20letter

8. Basic Sample Cover Letters,The University of Texas at Arlingtonhttp://www.uta.edu/engineering/coopeng/cover-sample.pdf (PDF)

9. IPFW: Career Services: Students: Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.ipfw.edu/career/students/exploring/coverletter.shtml

10. Writing Professional Cover Letters, Career Services at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bayhttp://www.uwgb.edu/careers/Professional_Letters_Samples.htm

11. Career Development Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Sample Cover
Lettershttp://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CDC/sample542.html

12. Buffalo State - CDC - Cover Lettershttp://www.buffalostate.edu/offices/cdc/samplecover.html

13. NC State University, University Career Center Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.ncsu.edu/career/students/resumesletters/sample2.php

14. Writing Academic Cover Letters, Claremont Graduate Universityhttp://www.cgu.edu/pages/842.asp

15. Otis College of Art and Design - Resume/Cover Letter
Samplehttp://www.otis.edu/life_otis/student_life/student_affairs/resume.html

16. Boston University- Sample Cover
Lettershttp://www.bu.edu/cet/portfolios/coverletter1.html

17. Vermont Law School- SAMPLE COVER LETTERS FOR GRADUATEShttp://www.vermontlaw.edu/Documents/033108-alumCvrLttrs.doc (doc)

18. Southern Illinois University- Sample Cover Letterhttp://www.siu.edu/orda/human/sample_cover_letter.doc

19. Stanford University, CVs, COVER LETTERS, & TEACHING PORTFOLIOShttp://www.stanford.edu/dept/CDC/graphics/pdfs/CV_covlets.pdf (PDF)

20. Claremont Graduate University- Sample Academic Cover Letterhttp://www.cgu.edu/PAGES/923.asp

21. Portland State Career Center - Writing Cover Lettershttp://www.pdx.edu/careers/cover_letters.html

22. Engineering Sample Cover Letter - Vanderbilt Career Centerhttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/career/students/getArticle.php?article=32

23. Sample Resume/Cover Letter - Student Serviceshttp://www.ccis.edu/careercenter/sample4-2.html

24. Write a Cover Letter - Career Development - The University of Nevada, Renohttp://www.unr.edu/career/students/cover_letter.aspx

25. Indiana University - Writing Resumes and Cover Lettershttp://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/resume.shtml

26. CWS Writing Cover Letters http://www.wellesley.edu/CWS/students/coverletter.html

27. Sample Prospecting/Introductory Cover Letter- Northwestern Universityhttp://www.northwestern.edu/careers/correspondence/Cover%20letter%20introdu ctory.pdf (PDF)

28. Cover Letter Sample http://www.csus.edu/careercenter/pdf/EDU_CoverLetters.pdf (PDF)

29. Columbia University - Sample Job Cover Lettershttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/posters/job_letter_samples.htm

30. USC Upstate: Career Center - Student Resources - Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.uscupstate.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2711

31. Sample Cover Letter (College Student) - Bob Jones Universityhttp://www.bju.edu/placement/cover-letter.pdf (PDF)

32. Cover Letters, Outcomes, & Grading Criteria - University of New Mexicohttp://www.unm.edu/~english/Resources/pdf/SampleCoverLetter.pdfhttp://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Internship%20Inf/samplecoverletter.html

33. Curriculum Vitae and Related Letters - University of North Floridahttp://www.unf.edu/dept/cdc/publications/curriculum/welcome.htm

34. The University of Vermont - Burlington- Write a Cover Letterhttp://www.uvm.edu/~career/?Page=letter.html&SM=jobsubmenu.html

35. Augusta State University-Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.aug.edu/career_center/scover_letters.html

36. Nursing Sample Cover Letterhttps://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Publications/Nursing_Sample_Cover_Letter.pdf (PDF)

37. University of Texas - Sample Cover Letter for Graduate Assistantshiphttp://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs/resumes_and_more/cover_letter/noformat/PDF/resumes_and_more/SampleCoverLetter2.pdf (PDF)

38. University of Texas - Sample Cover Letter for Technical Employmenthttp://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs/resumes_and_more/cover_letter/noformat/PDF/resumes_and_more/SampleCoverLetter6.pdf

39. University of Delaware - GUIDE TO WRITING RESUMES AND COVER LETTERShttp://www.udel.edu/CSC/pdfs/Resumehandout.pdf

40. University of Texas - Sample Cover Letter When Referred to an Employerhttp://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs/resumes_and_more/cover_letter/noformat/PDF/resumes_and_more/SampleCoverLetter5.pdf(PDF)

41. University of Texas - Sample Cover Letter for Internshiphttp://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs/resumes_and_more/cover_letter/noformat/PDF/resumes_and_more/SampleCoverLetter1.pdf

42. Texas Lutheran University - Sample Resumes and Coverlettershttp://www.tlu.edu/students/the_academic_experience/career_services/cs_students_and_alumni/career_services_sample_resumes

43. Ithaca College - Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.ithaca.edu/reslife/ra/pdfs/Cover_Letter_Resume_Samples.pdf

44. Northern Illinois University - Sample Résumés & Letters - NIU - Career Serviceshttp://www.niu.edu/careerservices/jobsearch/resumes.shtml

45. Ripon College - SAMPLE COVER LETTER- For a position that you would like to have but do not know of a specific openinghttp://www.ripon.edu/academics/career_dev/documents/cover_inquiry_000.pdf

46. Ripon College - Sample cover letter for a particular field/unspecified positionhttp://www.ripon.edu/Academics/career_dev/documents/cover_unspecified.doc

47. California Polytechnic State University- ICEB Sample Cover Letter/E-mailhttp://www.calpoly.edu/~eli/iceb/ICEB_Sample_Cover_Letter.htm

48. Montana University - Sample Cover Letter for Work Distribution Surveyhttp://www.montana.edu/wwwtreas/BPR%20Information%20and%20documents/WDC%20Sample%20Cover%20Letter.doc(DOC)

49. Earle Mack School of Law: Career and Professional Development: Resume Guidehttp://www.drexel.edu/law/career-services-resume-cover-letter-interview-guides.asp

50. Lewis University - Sample Cover Letterhttp://www.lewisu.edu/resources/careerservices/coversample.htm

51. Notre Dame Law School: - Career Services Office - Cover Lettershttp://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/career/search_tools/cover_letters.html

52. City University London - Cover Lettershttp://www.city.ac.uk/careers/dps/careers%20handouts%2008/help%20with%20your%20job%20search/Coverletters%202008.doc(Doc)

53. The Robert Gordon University - Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.rgu.ac.uk/careers/student_services/page.cfm?pge=36633

54. University of Dundee - Example COVER LETTERhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/gptraining/Workplace%20Asst/Ethics%20Cover%20Letter.doc

55. Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Careers Advisory Servicehttp://www.hw.ac.uk/careers/cover_letter.php

56. Writing a CV and Cover Letterhttp://www.arts.ac.uk/student/careers/45131.htm

57. Cranfield University Cover letters - Careers Servicehttp://www.cranfield.ac.uk/registry/cranfield/careers/prostudent/cover%20letters.pdf

58. RGU - CVs, Applications and Cover Letters MAKING APPLICATIONShttps://www.rgu.ac.uk/files/CVs%20Applications%20Cover%20Letter1.pdf

59. The Written Applicationhttp://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/job/guide/sec_3_3.htm

60. Preparing Cover Lettershttp://www.unisa.edu.au/experiencebank/PreparingJobAppns.htm

61. Sample Cover Letterhttp://www.mycareer.com.au/adviceresearch/sample-cover-letter.html

62. Recommended Cover Letterhttp://www.warwick.ac.uk/careers/img/SampleLetter.pdf

63. Cover Letter Examplehttp://www.lsbu.ac.uk/careers/mfe/lec-6/covltex.html

64. Quint Careershttp://www.quintcareers.com/cover_letter_samples.html

65. Cover Letter Workhttp://susanireland.com/coverletterwork.htm

66. University of Tasmania - Cover letter samplehttp://www.utas.edu.au/business/faculty/CareersSite/newsitems/Cover_letter_sample.doc

67. University of Southern Queensland - Job Application Resourceshttp://www.usq.edu.au/STUDENTSERVICES/careers/students/jobsearch/careerlib/jobresources.htm

68. University of Canberra - Graduate Careers Office : Job Applicationshttp://www.canberra.edu.au/careers/career-development/job-applications?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print

69. Jacobs University Bremen: Career Resources - Sample Cover Lettershttp://www.jacobs-university.de/ocsep/services/career/05052/

70. Berkeley Law - Cover Letters http://www.law.berkeley.edu/1147.htm

71. Grady College - Sample Cover Letters http://www.grady.uga.edu/resources.php?al1=Resources&al2=Career+Services&al3=Sample+Cover+Letter&page=grady_pages.inc.php%7CGP_ID=29

72. Northern Kentucky University - Sample Cover Letter http://access.nku.edu/cdc/sample%20cover%20letter.doc

73. Bucknell - Creating an Effective Résuméhttp://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/CDC/Creating_an_Effective_Resume.pdf

74. York College / The City University of New York - Sample Cover Letterhttp://york.cuny.edu/student-development/career-services/online-career-resource-guide/Cover%20Letter%203%20.pdf/view

75. Edinboro University - Sample Cover Letterhttp://www.edinboro.edu/departments/career_services/sample_cover_letter.dot?language=1&host_id=1

76. Massachusetts Department of Higher Education - Sample Cover Letterhttp://www.mass.edu/forinstitutions/humanresources/documents/NoticeElig.pdf

77. Institute for Extended Learning, Spokane WA, Sample Colver Letterhttp://www.iel.spokane.edu/weblessons/computerlab/docs/coverletterexample1.doc (Doc)

78. Stetson University - Free Professional Sample Cover Letters for Job-Seekershttp://www.stetson.edu/~rhansen/covexam.html

79. UC San Diego - Sample Cover Lettershttp://career.ucsd.edu/sa/Resumes/Legal.pdf

80. Imperial College - Sample Cover Letters http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/currentstudents/careers/career_process/accessingopportunities/coverletters

81. Cass Business School London - Lettershttp://www.cass.city.ac.uk/careers/applications/cover_letters/index.html

82. Perdue University - Resume and Cover Letter Workshophttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/resumecover%20letter.ppt

83. Virginia University - CV and Cover Letter Writinghttp://www.virginia.edu/chem/gsc/CVandCoverLetterWriting.ppt

84. IEEE-USA - Resumes and Cover Lettershttp://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/help/Presentations/ResumeCoverLetters.ppt

85. Arizona State University - Resumes and Cover Lettershttp://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/career/Files/CDCResumeCoverLetterSlides.ppt

86. The American Physiological Society-Academic Cover Letters & the Art of Self-Presentationhttp://www.the-aps.org/trainees/Symposia/2008%20talks/WEB-Wheeler.ppt

87. Santa Clara Law School - Cover Letters and Writing Sampleshttp://law.scu.edu/careers/File/Cover_Letters_and_Writing_Samples.ppt

88. University of Missouri- Cover Letter Tips and Sampleshttp://business.missouri.edu/240/default.aspx

89. Career Center - PhDs - Cover Letterhttp://career.berkeley.edu/phds/PhDcover.stm

90. PhD Candidates: Resumes & Cover Lettershttp://careerdevelopment.brown.edu/phd/resumes_cover_letters

91. Cover Letter FAQs and the Competitive Edge in the Job Markethttp://www.stetson.edu/~rhansen/edge.html

92. COVER LETTERS FOR ACADEMIC JOB APPLICATIONShttp://www.grad.illinois.edu/careerservices/academic/coverletters/AcCoverLetters.pdf

93. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Sample Academic Cover Lettershttp://www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/academic/coverletters/SampleAcLetters.pdf

94. Cover Letters - Graduate Arts & Sciences Career Serviceshttp://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/gradschoolcareer/academiccareers/applicationmaterials/coverletters.html

95. UE Career Services & Cooperative Education - Cover Letter Writing Tipshttp://careerservices.evansville.edu/students/jobsearch/coverletters/coverlettersdefined.htm

96. Resume & Cover Letter Writing Tipshttp://careers.wustl.edu/documents/ResumeCoverLetterWriting.pdf

97. Ohio State University - The Jobseeker’s Guide to Cover Letters Resume Writing and Interviewshttp://hr.osu.edu/hrpubs/Emp/resumewriting.pdf

98. Trinity College - How to write a cover letterhttp://www.trincoll.edu/depts/career/guides/cover_ltr.shtml

99. Kansas City Kansas Community College - Cover Letter Writing Tips http://www.kckcc.edu/services/studentServices/careerPlanningAndPlacement/resumeHelp/coverLetterWritingTips.aspx

100. LEO General Cover Letter Tips http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/resumes/coverlet/index.html

101. Career Services, University of Pennsylvania - Cover Letter Writing Tipshttp://www.upenn.edu/careerservices/jobsearchcorrespondence.html

Compiled by PhD Student, University of Oxford.