Read the following cover letter and place the parts of it in the correct order

1 _ b _ 2___ 3 ___ 4 ___ 5 ___ 6 ___ 7 ___ 8 ___ 9 ___ 10 ___ 11 ___

a) December 1, 2010

 

f) Miriam A. Nunberg

Staff Attorney

U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

32 Old Slip, 26th Fl.

New York, NY 10005-2500

 

i) Samantha Pierce

 

e) As a senior at Cornell University, I wrote an honours thesis on the politics of bilingual education in California and New York, focusing on strategies for protecting minority students’ language rights. Because my career goal is to work on language issues, and discrimination generally, in American education, I wrote my master’s thesis on language policy in Spanish schools in order to gain knowledge of how other countries handle these complex issues.

 

b) SAMANTHA PIERCE

14 Brattle Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

[phone]

[e-mail]

g) I have enclosed a resume highlighting my education and work experience. I hope to have the opportunity to interview with you about a summer position, and I will call your office in a few weeks to see if I may schedule a time to speak with you. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

h) Sincerely,

 

j) This semester, I’ve gotten involved with Harvard Law School’s Advocates for Education, as well as the Child and Youth Advocates, organizations which have exposed me to the work lawyers can do to promote education rights. Additionally, joining the Latino Law Review has kept me updated on the issues facing minority students. My work with the Harvard Defenders has begun to give me experience in public interest litigation, and working at the OCR would allow me to gain experience advocating for the specific client populations I hope to assist in my career.

 

a) I am a first-year student at Harvard Law School and am writing to apply for a volunteer summer internship with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in New York City. I learned about your organization through Harvard Law School's public service database and through Harvard students who have interned at branches of the OCR in other cities. Interning at the OCR would allow me to continue my commitment to civil rights in education, and I feel confident that I could contribute substantively to the work of your office while strengthening the skills I’ll need for a career in education law.

c) Dear Ms. Nunberg:

 

k) Because of my familiarity with language issues and New York’s bilingual education policies, as well as my fluency in Spanish, I would be very happy to work on cases dealing with language or national origin discrimination, but I’d also be delighted at the opportunity to work in any of the areas on which your office focuses, including LGBT and disability rights.

 

Imagine that you are applying for the job, fill in the gaps in the sample letter with the information of your own

 

Your Name

1234 Main St.

Anytown, PA 19999

Enterprise you are writing to

2345 Main St.

Anytown, PA 19999

 

Dear Sir or Madam,

On a recent visit to your web site I was pleased to discover you are hiring for a ______________ with good interpersonal skills and ________ years experience. I feel I am just the person for this job.

 

As indicated in the accompanying resume, I have the exact skills you require. During the past _______ years I have ____________, supervised __________, made decisions regarding _________, and helped ____________. I feel listening to both my employees and my customers have made me not only a strong __________, but also a good friend for many of the people I work with everyday.

 

Please contact me if you need any additional information.

I hope to hear from you soon.

 

Sincerely,

 

Your Name

PART C APPLYING FOR A JOB: JOB INTERVIEW

I Background

HOW TO HANDLE A JOB INTERVIEW?

A job interview is a process in which a potential employee is evaluated by an employer for prospective employment in their company, organization, or firm. During this process, the employer hopes to determine whether or not the applicant is suitable for the role.

When confronted with the scrutiny of selection interviews, many of us feel threatened, embarrassed, uptight, overwhelmed by emotion and totally uncomfortable. It is not easy to accept a perfect stranger dig intrusively in the world of your experience, aspirations and dreams, even if it is meant to be just a neuter discussion about career issues.

However, it is good to know that butterflies in the stomach are not a pre-requisite to a hiring interview. Here are some tips and tricks to avoid recruitment traps and turn a ghastly encounter in a friendly chat.

Show Positivity and Drive

Enthusiasm, optimism and motivation to join the team are the catalyst for the interviewer to shape a strongly positive opinion upfront.