Cover Letter Template
A clean, professional cover letter that highlights your fit.
Tips for your Cover Letter
- Tailor it to the specific company and role.
- Lead with your strongest achievement.
About this Cover Letter template
A cover letter argues the case your CV can only list. Write one when the posting asks for it, when you are changing field or explaining a gap, or when the employer is small enough that a real person will read it. When the application is a portal with a paste-text box and no obvious place for a letter, a strong job application email or a tighter CV summary will do more for you than a letter nobody opens.
The reader is asking one question: can this person do the job, and where is the evidence? So lead with your strongest achievement and attach a result to it — a number, a launch, a saving, a problem that stopped happening. Mirror the language of the job description, not to please a filter but because it proves you read it. Leave out your life story, anything already on the CV, and the phrases that survive on every letter ever written: hard-working, team player, passionate. Cut any sentence about why the job is good for you rather than why you are good for the job.
The common mistake is a letter that reads like a CV in sentences. If every line could be pasted onto another application unchanged, it is not a cover letter — it is a form. One page, three or four paragraphs, rewritten for each employer, and finish it with a thank-you email when it earns you the interview.
Frequently asked questions
How long should a cover letter be?
One page at absolute most — three or four short paragraphs, roughly 250 to 400 words. Nobody has ever complained that a cover letter was too easy to read.
Do I still need one if it is optional?
It rarely hurts, and it can decide between two similar candidates. If you are short of time, write one for the jobs you actually want rather than a weak one for everything.
Who should I address it to?
A named person if you can find one — the posting, the company site or LinkedIn usually reveal it. If not, “Dear Hiring Team” is fine.
Can I reuse the same letter?
Reuse the structure, not the content. At minimum the opening line, the achievement you choose, and the paragraph about why this company must change for each application.
Should it repeat what is on my CV?
No. Pick two or three things and give them the context the CV has no room for — what the situation was, what you did, what changed as a result.