Cover Letter for Sales & Marketing Jobs
Cover letters have become a very popular and inevitable mode of communication in the commercial world. They are used for nearly all official purposes and official proposals.
Cover letters encompass a wide range and variety of the same for different categories and different posts. You can find them for every job profile and every post, which marks its importance as one of the most important part of your whole profile.
A cover letter must be tailored in such a way that it does not just beat around the bush and go round and round about the topic, but must hit the bull's eye. The point must hit the target in a few sentences rather than drooling over same sentences again and again.
A follow-up telephone call cover letter is written in order to thank the caller (it can be the recruiter or the employer) for taking out time to call you. The caller may have called you to give information regarding your interview schedule, or to update you with the details of the job profile. The call can also be have made to give you contact numbers of people whom you can contact to get details of job opportunity.
You can find two sample cover letters that can be used for the above given purpose.
Sample Cover Letter for Follow Up of Telephone Call
Anna Collins,
"Riverside Heritage"
1462 K St. NW, Ste. 820,
Washington, DC 20005-1202,
(202) 466-8187.
Email: annacollins@xyz.com
Date: May 1, 2005.
Mr. Thomas Anderson,
Apex Marketing and Sales Inc,
257, Park Avenue South,
New York, NY 12345-6789.
Dear Mr. Anderson,
I write this letter to thank you for the time you took out to talk to me. It was indeed helpful to me to re-organize my objectives and goals regarding the job profile. I thank you for the details that you gave me regarding the job opportunity in your company's sales department. I am enclosing my updated resume along with this for your perusal.
I really appreciate your giving me contact numbers of people whom I can contact for details regarding this job.
I hope that you will take out time from your busy schedule to go through my resume and consider my interest to join your company.
I will be there for the interview at the allotted time tomorrow. We can discuss other matters regarding the profile when we will meet in person.
Sincerely yours,
Anna Collins.
Enclosures:
1. Resume – myresume.doc
2. Letter of appreciation by The Head of Department, Accounts, ISC. – appletter.doc
Sample Cover Letter for Sales & Marketing Jobs
Michael S. Smith,
1666 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 400,
Washington, DC 20009,
(202) 328-7004.
Date: May 1, 2005.
Email: michaelsmith@xyz.com
Mr. Richard Waugh,
Wilkinson Marketing and Sales,
257 Park Avenue South,
New York, NY 12345-6789.
Dear Richard,
This is to thank you for taking time to talk to me on phone today morning. I have enclosed herewith a copy of my resume, which details my accomplishments over a past several years.
In the capacity of a sales manager at Phoenix Marketing and Sales Inc, New York, I was responsible for the development and implementation of the sales strategies for key clients. The approach taken was an aggressive one with material, financial and reputation risks innovating sales practices. My competence and wise timely decisions helped Phoenix Marketing and Sales Inc, consolidate major cliental base.
I have consistently contributed my leadership skills in corporate settings, while managing the creative process, motivating and empowering team members, fine-tuning marketing plans, and juggling multiple administrative tasks. The strategies yielded excellent results thanks to the commitment developed throughout the organization.
Richard, I will contact you tomorrow morning on phone to fix up the timing of the meeting. We will also have lunch together, as has been decided on phone earlier.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Regards,
Michael S. Smith.
Enclosures:
1. Resume – myresume.doc
2. Certificate of appreciation, Regional Sales. – appletter.doc
3. Copy of "The Best Sales Manager" award – award.doc | 