WRITING AN APPLICATION LETTER
GLOSSARY AND EXPRESSION
Phrases in Letter of Application
OPENING
CLOSING LINE
Based on the advertisement
1.In reply to your advertisement in Jawa Pos I
should be grateful if you would consider my
application for this post
2. With reference to your advertisement for an
efficient judge I wish to apply for this job
3. After reading your advertisement in Jawa Pos
this morning, I drew a conclusion that it must have
been written for me because my experience and
qualification fit the requirement exactly.
Based on somebody’s information
1. I understand from Mr. Togar that there is an
opening for a designer on the staff of Sam Design.
2. One of the Public Relation staff, Mr. Tarigan, has
told me that you have inquired whether he can
recommend one of the students for the post of an
assistant secretary in your firm. As I shall be
leaving the college at the end of this month, he has
suggested that I should apply for this position.
If there is no vacancy or advertisement.
I am taking the courage to write to you to inquire
whether there is a vacancy in your firm that I
might usefully fill.
You may choose one of these closing lines to
end your letter of application.
1. I should be deeply grateful for a wise
consideration of my application.
2. I could come for an interview at any time and I
enclose a postcard, addressed to myself in the
hope that you will use it to tell me when I may
come.
3. I will be very happy to come for an interview
any time you say.
4. I look forward to the pleasure of a personal
interview.

5. I should be very grateful if you give me an

opportunity for an interview.

6. Should my application interest you, I would be

pleased to come for an interview at any time
which is convenient to you.