Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Matt_96" data-source="post: 13684" data-attributes="member: 1260">Hi Jessica,The app form I have been working on asks why you want to train as a solicitor, and your skills and achievements. On these big cover-letter style applications it is very tempting to just write everything rather than target the question more specifically. I have tried hard to keep everything tied to the question. Here is the structure I followed:I did one line saying who I was essentially. Then, the second paragraph, which was fairly small, explains my interest in law and how shadowing lawyers led me to want to be a solicitor. In one line at the end of that I then link this to my skills/achievements by saying it would complement my existing experience. In the following three paragraphs, which are a lot bigger (but well within the word count), I talk about one job/volunteering experience I have done in each, and the skill it has taught me, hopefully targeted to the law firm's recruitment criteria. At the end, I then have one to two lines saying why this skill would suit training as a solicitor to show that I at least know a little bit about what the job entails. The problem, having written all that out, is that I have no idea how to finish it. I think that as a cover letter, it needs one or two lines to draw everything back together, before putting yours sincerely/faithfully etc., but I am not really sure what a good one-liner would be. I've thought about putting &quot;I wish to train as a solicitor for these reasons.&quot; In the grand scheme of things one line won't matter tremendously, but I worry that this could be a little blunt. What do you think about this? Is the structure I have followed also alright?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matt_96, post: 13684, member: 1260"] Hi Jessica, The app form I have been working on asks why you want to train as a solicitor, and your skills and achievements. On these big cover-letter style applications it is very tempting to just write everything rather than target the question more specifically. I have tried hard to keep everything tied to the question. Here is the structure I followed: I did one line saying who I was essentially. Then, the second paragraph, which was fairly small, explains my interest in law and how shadowing lawyers led me to want to be a solicitor. In one line at the end of that I then link this to my skills/achievements by saying it would complement my existing experience. In the following three paragraphs, which are a lot bigger (but well within the word count), I talk about one job/volunteering experience I have done in each, and the skill it has taught me, hopefully targeted to the law firm's recruitment criteria. At the end, I then have one to two lines saying why this skill would suit training as a solicitor to show that I at least know a little bit about what the job entails. The problem, having written all that out, is that I have no idea how to finish it. I think that as a cover letter, it needs one or two lines to draw everything back together, before putting yours sincerely/faithfully etc., but I am not really sure what a good one-liner would be. I've thought about putting "I wish to train as a solicitor for these reasons." In the grand scheme of things one line won't matter tremendously, but I worry that this could be a little blunt. What do you think about this? Is the structure I have followed also alright? [/QUOTE]

Verification

Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

Search

Search

Reply to thread