Cover Letter
Completing this assignment will help you name and identify the skills and abilities that will move your career forward. Develop a Job Application Cover Letter that highlights and emphasizes why you are the person most suitable for your ideal role. Use the general writing guidelines on pp. 277-278 in the text for structural and content guidance. Note: An example can be found on p. 250, Figure 13.8.
The message should take the form of a business letter; however, you will submit your assignment to the online course shell.
The job letter / application message must adhere to the following requirements:
- Content
- Highlight relevant background and job history information.
- Emphasize significant qualifications and exclude nonessential ideas.
- Format
- Follow proper letter formatting techniques, per business letter format.
- Use an appropriate and professional greeting and closing.
- Style
- Use professional language.
- Use sufficient variety in sentences.
- Paragraphs effectively developed and efficient. Note: Six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible.
- Mechanics
- Ensure there are no grammar or spelling errors.
- Eliminate wordiness and unclear sentence construction.
Your assignment must:
- Be typed, single-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Submitting your assignment:
- Submit your assignment through the online course shell only.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Use writing process strategies to develop brief business documents, such as routine messages, bad news messages, and persuasive / sales messages.
- Support ideas or claims in body paragraphs with clear details, examples, and explanations.
- Organize ideas logically by using transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
- Use sentence variety and effective word choice in written communication.
- Write clearly and concisely using proper writing mechanics.
View the grading rubric.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the letter, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
| Assignment 4: Job Application Cover Letter | ||||
Criteria |
Unacceptable | Meets Minimum Expectations |
Fair |
Proficient |
Exemplary |
1a. Highlight relevant background and job history information. | Did not submit or incompletely highlighted relevant background and job history information. | Insufficiently highlighted relevant background and job history information. | Partially highlighted relevant background and job history information. | Satisfactorily highlighted relevant background and job history information. | Thoroughly highlighted relevant background and job history information. |
1b. Emphasize significant qualifications and exclude nonessential ideas. | Did not submit or incompletely emphasized significant qualifications and did not submit or incompletely excluded nonessential ideas. | Insufficiently emphasized significant qualifications and insufficiently excluded nonessential ideas. | Partially emphasized significant qualifications and partially excluded nonessential ideas. | Satisfactorily emphasized significant qualifications and satisfactorily excluded nonessential ideas. | Thoroughly emphasized significant qualifications and thoroughly excluded nonessential ideas. |
2a. Follow proper letter formatting techniques, per business letter format. | Did not submit or incompletely followed proper letter formatting techniques, per business letter format. | Insufficiently followed proper letter formatting techniques, per business letter format. | Partially followed proper letter formatting techniques, per business letter format. | Satisfactorily followed proper letter formatting techniques, per business letter format. | Thoroughly followed proper letter formatting techniques, per business letter format. |
2b. Use an appropriate and professional greeting and closing. | Did not submit or incompletely used an appropriate and professional greeting and closing. | Insufficiently used an appropriate and professional greeting and closing. | Partially used an appropriate and professional greeting and closing. | Satisfactorily used an appropriate and professional greeting and closing. | Thoroughly used an appropriate and professional greeting and closing. |
3a. Use professional language. | Did not submit or incompletely used professional language. | Insufficiently used professional language. | Partially used professional language. | Satisfactorily used professional language. | Thoroughly used professional language. |
3b. Use sufficient variety in sentences. | Did not submit or incompletely used sufficient variety in sentences. | Insufficiently used sufficient variety in sentences. | Partially used sufficient variety in sentences. | Satisfactorily used sufficient variety in sentences. | Thoroughly used sufficient variety in sentences. |
3c. Paragraphs effectively developed and efficient. Note: Six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible. | Did not submit or incompletely kept paragraphs effectively developed and efficient and did not submit or incompletely used six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible. | Insufficiently kept paragraphs effectively developed and efficient and insufficiently used six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible. | Partially kept paragraphs effectively developed and efficient and partially used six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible. | Satisfactorily kept paragraphs effectively developed and efficient and satisfactorily used six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible. | Thoroughly kept paragraphs effectively developed and efficient and thoroughly used six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible. |
4a. Ensure that there are no grammar or spelling errors. | Did not submit or incompletely ensured that there are no grammar or spelling errors. | Insufficiently ensured that there are no grammar or spelling errors. | Partially ensured that there are no grammar or spelling errors. | Satisfactorily ensured that there are no grammar or spelling errors. | Thoroughly ensured that there are no grammar or spelling errors. |
4b. Eliminate wordiness and unclear sentence construction. | Did not submit or incompletely eliminated wordiness and unclear sentence construction. | Insufficiently eliminated wordiness and unclear sentence construction. | Partially eliminated wordiness and unclear sentence construction. | Satisfactorily eliminated wordiness and unclear sentence construction. | Thoroughly eliminated wordiness and unclear sentence construction. |
5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements. | More than 8 errors present. | 7-8 errors present. | 5-6 errors present. | 3-4 errors present. | 0-2 errors present. |
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