WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY-PHILIPPINES

Maria Aurora, 3202, Aurora

WORK IMMERSION
APPLICATION LETTER (PowToon)
-A letter that accompanies your CV.
1. What should be included in your letter?
 What you would like to apply for a job
 Where you found out about the job
 Why you would like to do this job
 Why you are qualified to the job
 You can provide more information if necessary
 When you would be available for interview
YOUR LETTER MUST CONTAIN:
 Your personal contact information: name, address, e-mail address, phone number etc.
 The address of the company you are writing to
OPENING SALUTATION
-If you don’t know the name of the referent person: Dear Ms. __________
-if you don’t know the name of the person:
 Dear Sirs
 Dear Sir or Madam
CLOSING THE LETTER
 Looking forward to your reply
 I look forward to you reply
 I look forward to hearing from you soon
 I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience
SIGNING THE LETTER
Sincerely, If you know the name of the contact person
Yours Sincerely,
Yours faithfully, and your signature
Regards, Jenny
Best,
Best regards,
(TEAM LYQA)
Address:
Your address
-the return address should be written in the
TOP RIGTH HAND CORNER OF THE LETTER.
The address of the company
-the inside address should be written on the left, starting below your address.

“BUILDING PEOPLE, MAKING A DIFFERENCE”

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY-PHILIPPINES
Maria Aurora, 3202, Aurora
Use the right tone of language
Don’t used every day, colloquial language; slang or jargon
-don’t use contractions Im; it// cant etc.)
Don’t use emotive, subjective language
(Terrible ,rubbish etc.)
 Be concise, straight to the point, relevant
 Check your grammar and spelling carefully
 Make sure the letter is well presented
COVER LETTER (Team Lyqa)
-answer these first:
 What position you are applying for?
 Who are you?
 Why are you qualified
-personal experience
-company information (mission and vision)
-synergy
PARTS OF THE LETTER
 Header with personal information
 Date
 Addressee
 Salutation’
 Body
 Closing (thank you)
 Signature
JOB INTERVIW (Team Lyqa)
1. Do not lie
2. Listen, Listen
3. THINK before you SPEAK
(Be comfortable with silence)
4. Avoid fillers!(cause, like, uhm, you know)
5. End on a positive note
“Everything is a learning experience”
 Being nervous is NORMAL.
YOU HAVE TO BE MORE AFRAID IF ,YOUR NO LONGER AFRAID.
1. PRACTICE
2. PRACTICE
3. PAUSE (Take time to breath) 2-3 Second
4. PARDON YOURSELF
RESUME NO-NOS (Team Lyqa)
1. NO Lies
2. NO Typos
3. NO Unnecessary information (relevant/ related
 Work experience
 Work exposure

“BUILDING PEOPLE, MAKING A DIFFERENCE”

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY-PHILIPPINES
Maria Aurora, 3202, Aurora
4. NO Bad photos (formal)
5.
5. No weird fonts
-Arial, Verdana, calibri, trebuchet
6. NO Xerox copies!
7. NO Extra pages (1-2 page)

References:
-www.facebook.com/AteLyqaMaravilla
-PowToon created

“BUILDING PEOPLE, MAKING A DIFFERENCE”