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Avoid margins s ma lle r than 0 . 5 inc hes .  \n☐ Spacing – e ns u re that the re is adeq uate s pace betwee n parag raphs to p reve nt yo u rdocume nt fro m being too de nse .  \n☐ Fo nt style and size – use a 10 – 1 2 pt fo nt fo r yo u r sectio n heade r s and body text . Yo u r name can be a b it large r ( 1 4 – 1 8 pt) . Class ic fo nts (i . e . , Ca l ib r i, A r ia l, Geo rgia, Times New Ro man , Garamo nd ) are p refe rable . Maintain a co nsiste nt app roac h thro ughout .  \n☐ Bu l let sty le – whe n o pting to use b u l let points in yo u r cove r lette r , kee p it sim ple (i . e . , circ les o r boxes ) and co ns iste nt . E ns u re that a ll b u llet po ints are in a lig nme nt .  \n☐ E m phasis ( bold, italic , unde r line , uppe rcase )– s ho u ld be used strategica lly and s paring ly to d raw atte ntio n to esse ntia l info r matio n . Note that ove r use of em phasiscan be distracting to t he reade r .  \n☐ Reference the Posting – rev iew the jo b posting and yo ur cove r lette r side-by-side toe ns u re yo u have strategica lly de mo nstrated the ways in whic h yo u meet the  \nq ualificatio n s of t he positio n . Have yo u made the effo rt to integ rate key wo rds fro m the jo b posting o r occ u patio n to de mo nstrate this?  \n☐ Proofread – e ns ure your docume nt is free of g ram matical, s pe lling and p u nctuatio ne r ro rs . Read yo ur docume nt s lowly , line-by-line . Do not re ly so le ly o n s pe ll c hec k and have yo u r cover letter reviewed by others .  \nCONTENT & ORGANIZATION  \nReminder: Your letter should be 1 page in length, written in standard business format.  \n☐ Co ntact I nfo r matio n – inc lude yo ur full name , city and p rov ince , e mail add ress , pho ne numbe r ( inc luding area code ) and Linked I n URL in the same fo r mat as yo ur res ume .  \n☐ Date of App licatio n – inc lude the date yo u s u bmitted yo ur app licatio n ( i. e . , Jan uary 5 t h , 2023) .  \n☐ Rec ipie nt Co ntact I nfo r matio n – inc lude the recipie nt’s name , title , co m pany name and co m plete add ress . T his may req uire additio nal researc h.  \nCONTENT & ORGANIZATION ( CONT’D)  \n☐ S u bject o r Reference Li ne – s hould inc lude Jo b I D o r Reference N um be r ( if available ) and positio n title . Fo r exam p le : ‘ R E : CAC-001 – L ib rary Assistant – Co r nwal l .’  \n☐ Sa lutatio n – rev iew the jo b posting and / o r do additio nal researc h to co nfir m therecip ie nt’s name . If no recip ie nt can be ide nt ified , inc lude ‘ Dear Hir ing Manage r .’  \n☐ Br ief I ntrod uctio n ( Parag raph One )– introduce yo ur res ume and express e nthusias m fo r the positio n . I nc lude positio n title and w he re yo u fo und the posting .  \n☐ Co nc rete Exam ples ( Parag raph Two )– ex pand ( not repeat) o n yo ur res ume and ex plain how yo u meet the require me nts o utlined in the jo b posting by prov iding 1 o r 2 c leara nd co ncise exam ples w ith co ntext .  \n☐ Co u rteo us Clos ing ( Parag raph Th ree )– restate inte rest in the positio n and co mpany . 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