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1、写英文求职信时易犯的28个错误 28 common letter writing mistakes导读:一封糟糕的求职信会断送你的前程。下面是在写信时应力图防止的错误,不要认为它们太简单!1. addressing letters, dear sir: or dear sirs: as you know, many readers today are women. if gender is unclear, the salutation should be something like dear hiring manager, or dear human resources manager.2

2、. addressing letters, to whom it may concern. find out who will receive the correspondence, and address it personally. we received a letter addressed to dear whomever, to which one consultant replied, ill answer to anything but this!3. enclosing a photo. skip the photo unless youre a model or an asp

3、iring actor.4. handwriting or typing over an old resume or letterhead. if youve moved, start over. changes on old documents arent acceptable.5. no signature. even if you type your name at the end of correspondence, you should sign the page in your own handwriting to give it a personal touch.6. spell

4、ing errors. one applicant said he was well suited for writting and editing chores. contac t (sic) me at the adrwss (sic) below. would you give him your editing work? another writer said she would enjoy hearing form (sic) us. word processing spell checkers make mistakes; so proof everything.7. not ch

5、ecking grammar. one person wrote, it sounds exciting and give me (sic) the opportunity to use my skills. check your letters for correct sentence structure. have friends review them too.8. handwriting letters. brief 30-word thank you notes can be handwritten, if legible. all other correspondence shou

6、ld be typewritten or word processed, even if you have to borrow a word processor or pay a secretarial service. handwritten letters dont say business.9. using a post-it brand note(随意贴便条) as a letter. post-it brand notes arent letters. using one says, this isnt important. i was too busy to write a rea

7、l letter.10. using the word i too much. some letters are filled with 20 or 30 is. make sure yours arent. advertising is about you. emphasize you rather than i.11. faxing letters unexpectedly.12. forgetting to include your phone number. one woman wrote, please call me at home, but didnt include a pho

8、ne number. that looked bad.13. cluttered desktop publishing. with the advent of pcs, some job seekers feel the urge to be creative using various type sizes and fonts. avoid this in business correspondence. except in rare cases, business letters should look conservative. if you want to be creative, d

9、o so in your choice of words. save microsoft publisher and corel draw for your christmas cards.14. using a post office box as an address. except in rare cases, such as conducting a confidential job search, use a street address. post office boxes seem transient.15. oddball phrasing, such as an opport

10、unity to expand my strengths and delete my weaknesses. or, you may feel that im a tad overqualified. or, enclosed herewith please find my resume. do you talk that way? you should write the way you talk. avoid bad phrasing by having others critique your letters.16. typos, like thankyou for your assis

11、tance.17. mailing form letters. some letters contain fill in the blanks. generic forms dont work well.18. not saying enough. one want ad letter read, please accept my enclosed resume for the position of executive director. thank you. thats too short. a letter is an opportunity to sell. so say someth

12、ing about yourself.19. ending with thank you for your consideration. everyone ends their letters this way, so please dont. try something different, like im excited about talking further, or i know i could do a good job for you. the same goes for sincerely, and sincerely yours. everyone uses them. fi

13、nd something different like good wishes, with best regards, or with great enthusiasm.20. writing in all caps. its hard to read. dont do it.21. abbreviating cir., ave., dec., and all other words. take time to spell words out. it looks so much better.22. forgetting to enclose your resume. if you say y

14、oure enclosing one, then do.23. justifying right margins. when you justify right, you create large gaps between words inside your sentences.24. forgetting the date and/or salutation.25. using dot matrix printers. most are hard to read and they make you look like an engineer. whenever possible, use a

15、 laser printer, even if you have to borrow one.26. talking nonsense. i work in instilling proper conduits for mainstream educational connections while also encouraging individual creative forms. what? run that one by me again.27. forgetting to put the letter in the envelope. (i received an empty fed

16、ex package yesterday.)28. the 300-word paragraph. the worst mistake in marketing is writing too long. limit sentences to seven or eight words, and limit paragraphs to four or five lines. in letter writing, short is usually better. i try to limit my own letters to one page, seldom two. i believe if i cant say it well in one page, i probably cant say it well at all.29. bonus tip from laurie schell. in an e-mail to me she said, i thought you may want to add a

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