Cover Letter Template

How do I write a cover letter?

Open with the job you want and one line on why you fit it. In the body, give two short paragraphs: what you did that matches the posting, with numbers where you can, and why you want this company. Close by thanking the reader and asking to talk. Each box on the letter guides one of those parts.

1. Type your details at the top of the letter, or copy them from your resume.
2. Add the job, the company and the hiring manager if you know them.
3. Write the opening, body and closing.
4. Pick the same design as your resume, or press Match my resume.
5. Press Download PDF.

How should a cover letter be formatted?

As a business letter in block format. Purdue OWL describes it as fully left-justified and single-spaced, with a blank line between paragraphs, the date near the top, then the employer's address, the greeting, the body, a closing and four blank lines for a signature. UC Berkeley adds: use the same header, font and margins as your resume.

The letter follows both. Pick the same design as your resume in the settings beside the letter, or press Match my resume, and the two pages share a header, fonts and color. Each design sets the letter its own way: Chronicle puts the date and signature on the right, Ledger lists the date, recipient and subject beside small labels.

Who should I address a cover letter to?

To the hiring manager by name when you can find it, in the posting, on the company site or on a professional network. UC Berkeley suggests Dear Hiring Manager when you cannot. The letter greets by name with a colon, as Purdue OWL recommends for business letters, and falls back to Dear Hiring Manager when the name box is empty.

Should I write a new cover letter for every job?

Yes. UC Berkeley says to include a cover letter with each application and that a customized letter shows you are willing to put more effort in. Keep your strongest examples, then change the opening, the company paragraph and the skills you stress to match each posting. Save a copy of each version so you can reuse the parts that work.

Is this an AI cover letter generator?

No. Every word comes from you; the tool lays the letter out, guides each paragraph and makes the PDF. That keeps the letter in your own voice, with real examples from your work, and nothing you type leaves your device. If you draft with another tool, paste the text in and edit it here.

Pair it with the Resume Builder, or browse the resume templates first.