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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pfoapplicant" data-source="post: 235600" data-attributes="member: 8993">Hi guys! I'm currently filling in the Travers Smith application, and I'm a bit stuck figuring out how to deal with the cover letter. There's a couple of things I'm a bit confused about:1. How long do you reckon the cover letter should be? The word limit on the application form is 1000 words, and there's a post a couple of years ago from [USER=2672]@TCLA Community Assistant[/USER] (who really knows her stuff!) saying that, generally speaking, successful Travers Smith cover letters are about 700-850 words long. However, Travers Smith's own website suggests that the cover letter should be "ideally no longer than one side of A4". Therefore, would it be wise instead to write a shorter cover letter, and if so, how short do you reckon it should be?2. Ordinarily, when writing a cover letter, I write my address in the top right-hand corner of the letter. However, there's no way of doing this on the Travers Smith application form, as you just write your letter into a standard text box on Vantage (much the same way with any other application question on Vantage), instead of, say, writing your letter in Microsoft Word and uploading it to the application portal. Therefore, would I be right in assuming that candidates don't need to include their address (or the firm's address) in the cover letter?If anyone has any feedback or advice (no matter how small), I'd be super grateful! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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