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Use your graduate department's letterhead. For an academic position or postdoctoral work, it is considered proper to use the letterhead of the institution and department that granted your doctoral degree for your cover letter. Two spaces beneath the department heading, type your address block. Skip two spaces and spell out the current date. Skip two more spaces and address the letter to the hiring manager or appropriate faculty member for the desired position. Plan your cover letter to be a single page and approximately four paragraphs long.
采用自己所在学院的信纸。找学术职位或者博士后职位的时候，采用自己学院的信纸更为合适一些。在学院名称下面，空出两行，写下自己的地址。空出两行后写出日期。再空出两行开始写正文。将求职信控制在一页之内，大约四个段落的长度。
Begin the first paragraph of your cover letter by expressing interest in the particular position. Write your cover letter in the first person. For example, start your first sentence, "I am writing to express an interest in the Structural Engineering position," followed by where you heard about the job offer. Give a brief overview of the cover letter and express an interest in an interview to discuss your qualifications in person.
第一段表达自己对这个职位的兴趣。求职信要以第一人称写。例如，第一句写：“我写这封信的目的是申请**职位”，接下来写从哪里获得这个职位的消息。接下来说一下这个求职信后面大概是写什么内容，表示一下自己有兴趣面谈。
Summarize your educational background in the second paragraph. Work your degrees and the institutions you received them from into promotional but professional sentences. Elaborate on how the experience gained earning your graduate degree helped qualify you for the position you seek. Discuss any research you were involved in during your graduate studies. Discuss how your experience and skills make you a valuable asset to the organization.
第二段写自己的教育背景。用promotional but professional（即具有推销性又专业的？）语言叙述自己的学位以及获得学位的学院。说说自己受过的教育如何使得自己能够胜任这个工作。叙述博士期间所做的研究。说说自己的经验和技术对于该组织的贡献。
Use the third paragraph to direct attention to relevant areas of your curriculum vitae. According to the University of California at Berkeley, you should use your cover letter to point out information on your CV that exemplifies applicable experience. Continue to express ways in which your experience makes you an excellent candidate for the position you seek. Direct employers to your most important educational and work references, like your dissertation faculty adviser, and your most important work supervisor.
第三段叙述自己的经历，强调自己的优势。说为什么自己是这个职位的合适人选。要将雇主的注意引导到自己最华丽的教育背景和工作经历上面去，比如说自己的论文导师（抱大腿啊抱大腿。。。我自己加的这句）、自己最重要的工作导师（傍大牛啊傍大牛，我加的。。）
Write a closing paragraph that reviews the undergraduate and post graduate educational work that exemplifies your ability to fill the position. Repeat your assertion that you can bring value to the organization and restate an interest in meeting in person to give more information about your skills. Express appreciation for your potential employer's time and consideration.
最后一段写写自己的本科和研究生教育经历，强调自己有能力胜任这个职位。再重复一下自己能够为这个公司做出贡献，自己希望能够面谈提供更多的信息。最后对自己可能的雇主表示感谢，谢谢对方花时间和精力看了自己的简历。
GOOD APPLICATION LETTER |
By: Fred Winston |
May 2, 1996 Dear Dr. Bender, My graduate work has focused on the inheritance patterns of certain traits in the pea Pisum sativum. Since peas have many traits that differ between different true-breeding plants, and since peas can both cross-fertilize and self-fertilize, this has been a good system for studying inheritance. My work has suggested that the inheritance of genetic traits follows two general rules. First, two members of a gene pair segregate from each other into the gametes. Second, during gamete formation, the segregation of alleles of one gene is independent of the segregation of alleles of another gene. This work will soon be published by the Natural History Society of Brünn. During the course of my graduate work, I have become very interested in Drosophila developmental biology. I have been especially intrigued by studies of the Polycomb complex and how it represses gene expression during development. Thus, I am quite interested in the work going on in your laboratory. I am planning a visit to the United States sometime early this summer. If possible, I would like to visit your lab at that time. I would be happy to present a seminar on my work. Enclosed is a copy of my CV. I have asked my three references to send you letters on my behalf. I look forward to hearing from you. |
BAD APPLICATION LETTER
May 2, 1996
Dr. Welcome Bender
Department of BCMP
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02115
Dear Dr. Bender,
I am currently a graduate student in Greg Mendel's lab at the U. of Brünn, where I have been studying segregation and independent assortment of genetic traits. I plan to graduate next month and I am interested in your line of research. Therefore, I am applying for a postdoctoral position in your lab. My CV is enclosed. I look forward to hearing from you.
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