Cover letters can be written in various styles and formats. For each situation a certain style would be suitable. A letter responding to a job advertisement would be different to a speculative letter sent to an employer that hires people in your field. You would use a different introduction and include different types of information for both styles.

　　 求職信 的格式和風(fēng)格可以很多樣。根據(jù)具體情況選擇適宜的風(fēng)格。針對(duì)招聘廣告發(fā)出的 求職信 和發(fā)給特定招聘者的 求職信 必定有所不同，所以必須使用不同風(fēng)格的自我介紹和個(gè)人信息。

　　Likewise if you were submitting a cover letter, after being referred from a colleague, you would want to explain who you were being referred from. Similarly for an internal position or promotion in an organisation, it would be sensible to explain you currently work for them.

　　同樣，在同事的推薦后提交了一份求職信，你需要說明誰是舉薦人。這同樣適用一個(gè)組織內(nèi)的內(nèi)部職位的申請(qǐng)和舉薦，說清楚你現(xiàn)在的工作內(nèi)容是明智之舉。

　　Let’s look at the differences between a standard and speculative cover letter.

　　現(xiàn)在讓我們看看標(biāo)準(zhǔn)求職信和投機(jī)求職信兩者的區(qū)別。

　　Firstly a standard covering letter:

　　第一封標(biāo)準(zhǔn)求職信

　　Dear Mr. Jones,

　　親愛的Jones先生，

　　My name is John Smith and I enclose my CV for consideration for the post of Environmental Engineer, advertised in The Times on October 21st

　　本人John Smith，申請(qǐng)10月21日發(fā)表在泰晤士報(bào)上的環(huán)境工程師職位，并附以 簡歷 。

　　The nature of my degree course has prepared me for this position. I became interested in environmental engineering during my second year at University. My course involved an understanding of the water purification industry, which I found most stimulating. I am particularly attracted to Johnsons Engineering Ltd because of the high reputation of your graduate training scheme

　　我的專業(yè)跟這個(gè)職位十分對(duì)口。在我大學(xué)二年級(jí)的時(shí)候我開始對(duì)環(huán)境工程感興趣。我的課程主要是涉及水凈化行業(yè)。這讓我十分高興。貴公司的研究生 培訓(xùn) 計(jì)劃享有極高的聲譽(yù)，這一點(diǎn)大大地吸引我。

　　During my time as a student I had a variety of part time and vacation jobs, which all developed my sense of working in a team. In particular, my time as a volunteer in a canal reclamation project required me to supervise a small group. I have a strong sense of public responsibility and also the enthusiasm and determination to ensure that I would make a success of this important position

　　學(xué)生時(shí)代，我花很多的課余時(shí)間和假期用于兼職，并積極提升自身的團(tuán)隊(duì)合作意思。特別是，曾經(jīng)我作為一個(gè)運(yùn)河填海項(xiàng)目的自愿者，并管理一個(gè)小團(tuán)隊(duì)。我有了強(qiáng)烈的社會(huì)責(zé)任感，并有強(qiáng)烈的熱情和決心去勝任這個(gè)職位。

　　I will be available for an interview at any time, apart from November 4th to 6th when I am attending a wedding in Scotland. Thank you for taking the time to consider this application and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

　　除了11月4號(hào)到6號(hào)我需要去蘇格蘭參加一個(gè)婚禮，其他時(shí)間都是可以參加 面試 的。感謝你可以給我一次 面試 的機(jī)會(huì)，希望很快可以收到您的來信。

　　Yours sincerely

　　你最真誠的，

　　Now let’s look at a standard speculative letter, which you would send if you were enquiring about the possibility of a job. It would, of course, vary according to the nature of the company:

　　現(xiàn)在再看一封標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的投機(jī)求職信，當(dāng)你想要詢問有無工作機(jī)會(huì)可以投這封。當(dāng)然這需要根據(jù)公司性質(zhì)的不同做適當(dāng)?shù)恼{(diào)整。