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Insurance Covering Letters:
Correct letter writing is very important, it shows
how good you use of the English language is and many
employers can put a lot of emphasis on this. Firstly you
must ensure that the salutation and ending of your
letter is correct. For example if you have been asked to
apply to Mr I Davis for a position your letter should
start with “Dear Mr Davis” and the letter should be
ended with “Yours sincerely” the “s” in sincerely must
be a small “s” not a capital “s”. If the position you
are applying for has no contact name the letter should
be commenced with “Dear Sir/Madam” and should be ended
with “Yours faithfully”, again the “f” in faithfully
should be in lower case.
Where the contact is female and advertised with a name,
for example Laura Watkins, it is more difficult to
address the salutation as you do not know whether she is
married or single. To address her as “Dear Laura” would
be far too informal so what can you do? A good idea
would be to contact the company in question and ask them
how Laura Watkins prefers to be addressed. This may be
either Miss, Mrs or Ms. Again with all of these
salutations the ending of the letter must be with “Yours
sincerely”. If you are told to address her as “Dear
Madam” the ending must be “Yours faithfully”. The phone
number may be advertised in the job advertisement but if
not just give directory enquiries (118118) a quick ring
or if you don’t want to pay for the call just look up
the companies details on the internet. What do you do if
the advertisement says “Apply to L Watkins?”. Is it
Mr/Mrs/Miss – how are you going to address the letter –
Dear Sir/Madam/Mr Watkins/Mrs Watkins. No! Again just
give the company a quick ring, it only takes a couple of
minutes and you will be sorted in no time, the chances
are you will be one of the only candidates to bother and
this shows initiative and may make you stand out from
the rest – something you want to do when you are trying
to get an interview. I sometimes think that companies do
this on purpose to see who has the initiative to work
this out! Sometimes advertisements will just say Reply
to “The Personnel Department” along with a PO Box
address. There is little you can do about this so the
best thing to do is to address the letter to “Dear
Sir/Madam” and finish the letter with “Yours
faithfully”.
It may be that you haven’t seen a job advertised by a
company but you are randomly choosing businesses to
write off to in order to establish whether they have any
vacancies in your particular field. This can be very
hard work and often produces little return but should
you find an employer who is looking to fill a vacancy
then you may be one of the first to be considered. Many
employers also keep CV’s on file should a position arise
in the future which they feel you may be suitable for.
If you are taking this route it’s always a good idea to
find out the name of the person When you are making a
speculative application you should always write to a
named person if possible. Generally speaking someone is
more likely to read a letter that is personally
addressed, rather than addressed to say the “Head Of
Personnel” or “Managing Director”. In any case these
letters rarely reach the destination you want them to
because they get intercepted beforehand. Again, the best
thing to do is to ring up the company beforehand and
find out either; who is responsible for recruitment or,
if the business is a small business, who is the Managing
Director. The phone numbers can be obtained from either
Directory Enquiries 118118 or by using the internet.
So remember the golden rules:
If the letter is addressed to Dear Mr James, Dear
Miss James, Dear Mrs James, Dear Ms James the
letter should be ended with "Yours sincerely" and make
sure sincerely has a small "s".
If the letter is addressed to Dear Sir, Dear Madam,
Dear Sir/Madam then the letter should be ended with
"Yours faithfully" again using a small "f" for
faithfully.
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pretty much whatever information you need. Most
of the UK now has access to the internet as
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that eventually most of the major
UK employers will use the internet as
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industry information we provide. Some of the
articles and documents may well help on the way
to securing a new interview or job. Insurance Jobs One covers jobs specifically
in
the insurance and related financial services
industries, such as Life and Pensions,
Investments and Stock Broking. You can also find
Insurance related Jobs in several other industries
where they may have an Insurance and Financial
Services requirement such as:
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really hope that you find the information
provided by our site helpful. Many of the jobs
advertised on the site change on a
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ones filled so if you cant find that special job
today please check back again soon. The
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are continually updated and at one point or
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industries which also carry insurance related
vacancies and they may be of use to you in
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