Career Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
Review the required Cover Letters and Professional Documents Guide inside the Career Development Module for the Career Starters assignment.
Follow the instructions and the example on pages 1–2 of the Cover Letters and Professional Documents Guide.pdf.
The cover letter must be targeted to the job ad (submit full job ad, not a screenshot or a link) and align your skills to the job requirements. Your cover letter should also do the following.
- Personalize the greeting to the recipient of the letter
- Convey your understanding of the company's values and goals
- Contain appropriate content as explained in the Cover Letters and Professional Documents Guide.pdf
- Be formatted in standard business style
- Be free of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage errors
Academic Integrity Reminder: Your cover letter must be your own work that you have written to target the specific job ad you have chosen for this assignment. Copying the wording of cover letters from outside sources, filling out boilerplate cover letter templates, or using artificial intelligence-generated content is not permitted.
Submit these two Microsoft Word documents by the Sunday deadline.
- A current job ad with a full description of the position requirements, not a link or a screenshot, pasted into a Microsoft Word document and saved as JobAdLASTName.docx
- Targeted cover letter saved as CoverLetterLASTname.docx
Grading Rubric
CriteriaRatingsPointsCareer Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
Cover letter follows the instructions and example in the Cover Letters and Professional Documents Guide.20 to >0.0 pts
Met Requirements0 pts
Missed Requirements20Career Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
Cover letter greeting is personalized to the recipient of the letter.10 to >0.0 pts
Met Requirements0 pts
Missed Requirements10Career Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
Cover letter conveys your understanding of the company’s values and goals.10 to >0.0 pts
Met Requirements0 pts
Missed Requirements10Career Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
Cover letter is targeted to the job ad and links your skills to the job requirements.10 to >0.0 pts
Met Requirements0 pts
Missed Requirements10Career Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
Cover letter is formatted in standard business style.10 to >0.0 pts
Met Requirements0 pts
Missed Requirements10Career Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
Cover letter is free of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage errors.10 to >0.0 pts
Met Requirements0 pts
Missed Requirements10Career Starters (A): Targeted Cover Letter
The complete job ad, not a link or screenshot, was submitted as a Word document and named as specified in the assignment instructions.5 to >0.0 pts
Met Requirements0 pts
Missed Requirements5
