Cover letter and Application letter

Cover letter(Instruction)

◦Provides an opportunity to sell oneself and make the recruiter look forward to meeting an attractive candidate

◦Reflects the nurse’s own style of writing—not copied from a book

◦Should be a clean, direct, and perfect letter on a single page of heavyweight bond paper

◦Addressed to a specific person

◦Single-spaced and three to four paragraphs, skipping a line between paragraphs

Paragraph One: statement of purpose

Paragraph Two: emphasizes writer’s suitability

Paragraph Three: requests an interview appointment and gives a range of dates

◦Follow up by telephone 1 week later to make sure the letter was received. Be very courteous.