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Your covering letter is, in most cases, your first contact with a prospective employer. There's no time for small talk, no place for rambling - you need to hit the ground running and ensure your letter leads them onto your CV.
To give you a head start, here's a sample covering letter and a covering letter template. They are meant as guides when you come to write your own covering letters. Click to download them as Word documents (right click then 'Save Target As...' to save to your computer).
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