Create the cover letter. Fax machines are often shared by offices or several people within an office. Since anyone can see a fax sent to a fax machine, it is a good idea to include a cover letter. When you need to fax documents, add a nice cover sheet to make sure your document gets to the right person. Put information about who is sending the fax, who it goes to, and the number of pages in the fax including the cover sheet.
A is the shortened slang word for 'facsimile.' It is a document transmitted by a fax machine across telephone lines.
Due to the data-compressing nature of the fax format, the fax cover sheet should be textual, clearly and succinctly written, and include the most basic important information about the fax. You can use a word processing program on a computer to create a custom fax cover sheet, or take advantage of the numerous templates available on the Internet. A fax is scanned through your fax machine and transmitted to your correspondent's fax machine. For example, you may be sending a fax to a large company, where a number of employees probably share the same fax machine in the office. The fax cover sheet is extremely important, therefore, in detailing who should receive the fax and summarizing the contents of the fax. This ensures that the fax is distributed to appropriate party on the receiving end.
Anyone can scrawl a handwritten note on a sheet of paper and send it as a fax cover sheet. A professional-looking fax cover sheet, however, uses a typewriter or the computer's word processor to type out a neat and organized cover sheet. Information should be short and precise with few or no images or extraneous graphics that delay the transmission time. The top of the under 'From' typically states the sender's information, such as the name, address, address, telephone number. This data appears much like the return address on an envelope, stacked with the sender's name on the first line, the address on the second and third lines, and so forth. Below the 'From' information is the data displaying the fax recipient's information, usually listed as 'To' or as 'Recipient.' Similar to the 'From' information, the 'Recipient' information should include the recipient's full name, address, email address, telephone and fax numbers as well as any other relevant contact information.
It is important to include the recipient's full name and, if possible, other identifying information, such as office department or extension. This avoids confusion on the recipients' end if the company has, for example, three John Browns working in the same office. Including the office department and other identifying information helps the office more accurately determine the recipient and helps to ensure that your fax is received by the correct person without delays. Finally, the fax cover letter should contain a very brief summary of relevant details included in the body of the fax. If the fax contains information about an electronic order of service parts for a lawn mower, the fax cover letter should concisely state that in the purpose of the fax and the general information. Most fax cover sheets and templates allow a space for this information, under 'Details' or 'Message.' Information in this section is usually limited to one or two sentences and should be as succinct as possible.
Once the fax cover sheet is typed, print the sheet on the computer printer. The fax sheets are then correlated with the fax cover sheet on top.
When it is time to send a fax, send the fax cover letter first and the detailed fax sheets in order following the cover sheet.
When faxing a resume or sending it via e-mail as an attachment, your cover letter should be brief. Revising and editing your cover letter are key to you objective: to obtain an interview. To be successful, give time and thought to each type of cover letter and relate it specifically to each job for which you apply. Here is a sample fax cover letter: Fax To: Ms. Jill Smith Phone: 973.123.4567 Company: ABC Industries Fax: 973.987.6543 From: Your Name Phone: Your Phone Pages: 2 Fax: Fax# You're Using Dear.
Smith: In response to the job posting on NJIT's CDS On-Line. I am enclosing my resume for your consideration for the database analyst position.
My resume details my qualifications. I have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, am proficient in Access and Oracle and have the ability to function well in stressful situations. I am confident that my internship experience at XYZ Company will make me successful at ABC Industries.
Please contact me at my home number at (973) 222-2222 or via e-mail to schedule an interview. Thank you for your consideration of my application. But not necessary to mail a copy to the company. Many people mail it as an additional assurance that the resume will be reviewed. E-Mail Cover Letters Many on-line services are not listing only an e-mail address for the resume forwarding. When you send your resume, a brief cover e-mail message is required.
Be sure you keep a copy of what you send for your records. The salutation line should be formal, just like a letter, e.g., Dear Mr. Smith: In the body of the message, brevity is necessary. Business e-mails must be brief, otherwise, you will not be viewed as a person familiar with workplace protocol. Similar to a regular cover letter, you want to grab the attention and interest of the reader right away. Therefore, by outlining your skills as they relate to the job description/requirements, you illustrate clearly that you know what the employer seeks to fill that position.
TO: cc: yourself, if your program does not automatically do this! SUBJ: Application for Network Administrator Dear Human Resources Director: I am pleased to attach my resume for consideration for the above position, as advertised on Monsterboard.com. On May 2, 2000. Please review it and note my excellent qualifications for this position. In my current position I have gained excellent communication skills and my coursework has given me the background to join your firm and be productive from day one.
I am highly motivated to enter a company such as yours which offers excellent professional growth opportunities. Please contact me at my home number at (973) 222-2222 or via e-mail and suggest a time and date when you would like to schedule an interview.
I will confirm it promptly. Thank you for your consideration. Your name insert resume copy. Do not send resume as an attachment. Most recruiters will not open it, for fear of viruses.
The notification of 'begin resume' and 'end resume' allows the reader to copy it, forward it, or feed it into a resume bank.If the company requests that your resume be sent as an attachment, then it is fine to send it in the requested format.