寫信人應述明自己的年齡或出生年月、教育背景，尤其與應征職位有關的訓練或教育科目、工作經(jīng)驗或特殊技能。如無實際經(jīng)驗，略述在學類似經(jīng)驗亦可。參考例句：

　　1.For the past three years,I have been in the office of the XX Trading Co., where I have been an accountant.本人曾經(jīng)在XX貿(mào)易公司服務三年，擔任會計工作。

　　2.I am twenty years of age,and have been employed for the last two years by the XX Co.,in the general clerical work of the office.我今年20歲，曾在XX公司服務兩年，擔任一般文員工作。

　　3.I am twenty years of age,and am anxious to settle down to office work.本人20歲，希望能找到一個公司，以便安定下來。

　　4.Since my graduation from the school two years ago, I have been employed in XX Hotel as a cashier.兩年前離校后，在XX酒店擔任出納員。

　　本人能力

　　這部分非常重要，因為這體現(xiàn)你究竟能為公司做什么，直接關系到求職的成功率。但是也要注意一定要用最少的文字表達最多的意思。參考例句：

　　1.I am able to take dictation in English and translate it rapidly into Chinese.我會英文的口授筆記，同時能立即將其翻譯成中文。

　　2.I have received an English education, and have a slight knowledge of Spanish.I took a Spanish course in college.本人接受英文教育，同時略通西班牙文。大學時，我修了西班牙文。

　　3.I have been at the City Commercial College,where I have acquired a knowledge of English,mathematics and elementary business practice.本人曾在城市商專學英文、數(shù)學以及初級商業(yè)實務。

　　4.I have just left school,but have a good knowledge of English.本人雖剛離開校門，但英文很好。

　　5.At school I won a scholarship and the first prize in a speech contest.求學中，我曾獲獎學金及演講比賽一等獎。

　　6.I am a graduate of Hong Kong University,and have in addition an M.A.degree from UCLA.本人畢業(yè)于香港大學，并在加州大學獲得文學碩士學位。

　　7.Since leaving school,I have attended Typewriting and Shorthand classes,and have now attained a speed of fifty and ninety words respectively.離開學校后，我參加打字與速記班，而今已達到打字50字，速記90字的速度。