Disclosing engagement/marital status in cover letter

[Ernote182]

Hi,

this might be a strange question:

I am applying to a law firm abroad and wonder whether disclosing personal information such as engagement or marital status with a person of that country is something that I can put in my cover letter? As an example, mentioning something along the line of “Due to my Klingon fiancé, I am well aware of the Klingon culture ...”.

I am quite torn and not sure whether this is totally irrelevant and perhaps unprofessional or whether it could highlight to the recruiters that I am aware of the country's culture, especially given that it is a country with culture rather different from the UK one.

Thanks for any input!

 

[Alice G]

Hi,

this might be a strange question:

I am applying to a law firm abroad and wonder whether disclosing personal information such as engagement or marital status with a person of that country is something that I can put in my cover letter? As an example, mentioning something along the line of “Due to my Klingon fiancé, I am well aware of the Klingon culture ...”.

I am quite torn and not sure whether this is totally irrelevant and perhaps unprofessional or whether it could highlight to the recruiters that I am aware of the country's culture, especially given that it is a country with culture rather different from the UK one.

Thanks for any input!

I personally wouldn’t say this is too personal to write into a cover letter and it is a very genuine reason behind your application.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hi,

this might be a strange question:

I am applying to a law firm abroad and wonder whether disclosing personal information such as engagement or marital status with a person of that country is something that I can put in my cover letter? As an example, mentioning something along the line of “Due to my Klingon fiancé, I am well aware of the Klingon culture ...”.

I am quite torn and not sure whether this is totally irrelevant and perhaps unprofessional or whether it could highlight to the recruiters that I am aware of the country's culture, especially given that it is a country with culture rather different from the UK one.

Thanks for any input!

You can say partner rather than being engaged or martial status. Firms can be a bit cautious of personal information like this, not because of what status you are, but because they don't want it on applications (they don't want any claims for discrimination - same reason they don't want your age spelt out to them).