職場(chǎng)英語(yǔ)：能獲得面試機(jī)會(huì)的求職信寫(xiě)作建議

If you’re like most job seekers, you’re not taking advantage of one of the best ways to get a hiring manager’s attention: writing a great cover letter.

大多數(shù)求職者和你一樣沒(méi)用好吸引招聘經(jīng)理的一個(gè)最好辦法：寫(xiě)封好的求職信。

Cover letters are crucial to hiring managers who understand that people are more than just their work experience – that people have personalities, habits and other reasons they’d be great at a particular job that aren’t easily seen from a résumé. After all, if this weren’t true, employers wouldn’t even need to bother to interview candidates; they could just screen résumés, verify that candidates’ experience and accomplishments were accurate and then hire the person with the best résumé.

求職信對(duì)招聘經(jīng)理至關(guān)重要，他們知道求職者不只有工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)——性格、習(xí)慣和其他能讓他們擅長(zhǎng)某個(gè)工作的特質(zhì)不容易在簡(jiǎn)歷中看出來(lái)。畢竟，如果簡(jiǎn)歷包括了所有內(nèi)容，雇主都不需要費(fèi)心組織面試了，他們只要篩下簡(jiǎn)歷，確認(rèn)候選人的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和成就沒(méi)造假，然后聘用簡(jiǎn)歷最優(yōu)秀的候選人就行了。

Here’s how to write a cover letter that will get you interviews.

下面是如何寫(xiě)一封能讓你得到面試的求職信的辦法。

1. Show personal interest in the particular job that you’re applying for. A strong cover letter will make a convincing case that you're truly excited about the opportunity. What grabbed you about the job description or the company? Why would you prefer this job over others out there? Why do you think you’d be great at it? What in your background demonstrates that you’d excel at the work?

1. 表現(xiàn)出對(duì)申請(qǐng)職位的興趣。說(shuō)服力強(qiáng)的求職信會(huì)讓人相信你是真的想得到這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。工作描述或公司的哪方面吸引了你?為什么比起其他工作你更喜歡這個(gè)?你為什么認(rèn)為自己擅長(zhǎng)這類(lèi)工作?你的哪些背景條件能證明你會(huì)有出色的表現(xiàn)?

2. Don’t summarize your résumé. Too often, job seekers simply summarize the contents of their résumé in their cover letter. With such limited initial contact, you do yourself a disservice if you use a whole page of your application to simply repeat the contents of the other pages. The cover letter should add something new to your candidacy – information that doesn't belong on your résumé like personal traits, work habits, why you're interested in the job, maybe even a reference to feedback from a previous manager. Speaking of which …

2. 不要總結(jié)簡(jiǎn)歷上的話。求職者常常只在求職信里總結(jié)簡(jiǎn)歷的內(nèi)容。篇幅本就有限，如果你整頁(yè)都只是重復(fù)下面幾頁(yè)的內(nèi)容，你會(huì)害了自己的。求職信里要加些能加強(qiáng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的新信息——簡(jiǎn)歷上沒(méi)有的信息，如個(gè)人特質(zhì)、工作習(xí)慣、為什么對(duì)這份工作感興趣，甚至可以讓前經(jīng)理當(dāng)參考人。說(shuō)到這里…

3. If something makes you especially well-suited for the job aside from what’s on your résumé, mention it. For example, maybe the position requires an inordinate degree of meticulousness and you frequently get teased for being obsessive about details. That’s a perfect thing to mention in a cover letter, and it’s information that wouldn’t be found on your résumé. If you’re having trouble thinking of those qualities, try thinking about what you would tell a friend if you were explaining why you were excited about this particular job and why you think you would be great at it. Does that explanation add anything that your friend couldn’t get from just looking at your résumé? It probably does – and that’s what you want to convey.

3. 除了寫(xiě)在簡(jiǎn)歷上的內(nèi)容，如果有什么經(jīng)歷讓你特別適合這份工作，要在求職信里提到。比如，這個(gè)職位可能要非常小心細(xì)致，而你經(jīng)常因?yàn)閳?zhí)著細(xì)節(jié)被伙伴開(kāi)玩笑。這就是寫(xiě)在求職信里的完美內(nèi)容，而且無(wú)法在簡(jiǎn)歷中找到。如果你很難想出這些特質(zhì)，試著想想當(dāng)你告訴朋友為什么喜歡這份工作以及為什么能做好它的時(shí)候會(huì)說(shuō)什么。在你說(shuō)這些的時(shí)候是不是發(fā)現(xiàn)了朋友光看你簡(jiǎn)歷無(wú)法發(fā)現(xiàn)的閃光點(diǎn)?也許，這就是你在求職信上要傳達(dá)的東西。

4. Stay away from hyperbole. Statements like "I’m the best candidate for the job” and “You won’t find a candidate better qualified than me” come across as naive. You have no way of knowing what the rest of the candidate pool looks like, and only the hiring manager is equipped to assess your candidacy against that pool. Keep the focus on why you’d excel at the job without trying to put down your competition. Your cover letter shouldn’t sound like an infomercial.

4. 不要夸大。像“我是這份工作的最佳人選”和“你找不到比我更合格的候選人”之類(lèi)的話只能說(shuō)明你太天真了。你不可能知道其他求職者的條件如何，而且只有招聘經(jīng)理能評(píng)價(jià)你有多合適。把注意力放在你為什么擅長(zhǎng)這份工作而不是看低競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。你的求職信不該像電視導(dǎo)購(gòu)那么夸張。

5. Be conversational. Job seekers sometimes feel that a cover letter should be as formal as possible, but the best cover letters are written in a conversational, engaging tone. Of course, don’t be overly casual; don’t use slang, and pay careful attention to things like grammar and spelling. But your tone and the language should be conversational and warm and engaging.

5. 語(yǔ)氣別太正式。求職者有時(shí)覺(jué)得求職信應(yīng)該盡可能正式，但最好的求職信的語(yǔ)氣都是比較隨意、有代入感的。當(dāng)然，不要太過(guò)隨意，不要用俚語(yǔ)，要仔細(xì)注意語(yǔ)法和拼寫(xiě)之類(lèi)的細(xì)節(jié)。但是你的語(yǔ)氣和語(yǔ)言應(yīng)該隨意且溫暖。

6. Don’t use a form letter. Hiring managers can tell the difference between a letter that you’re sending with all your applications and a letter that you wrote specifically for this job. If your letter works for all the jobs you're applying to, that’s a sign that it needs to be more customized.

6. 不要用相同模板。招聘經(jīng)理能區(qū)分你的求職信是發(fā)給所有申請(qǐng)公司還是專(zhuān)門(mén)為某個(gè)職位寫(xiě)的。如果你的求職信對(duì)所有申請(qǐng)的工作都適用，這是在告訴你要“量身定制”了。