英文求职信写作要点

英文求职信写作要点（精选5篇）

英文求职信写作要点 篇1

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英文求职信写作要点 1.篇幅不易过长、简短为好。

2.态度诚恳、不需华丽词汇；让对方感觉亲切、自信、实在即可。

3.纸张的选用：建议你用灰色，黄褐色或米色纸作最终打印信纸，要配合信封的颜色。

4.书写：字体要写得整洁可辩，使用打字机把信打出来，具有专业感。

5.6.语法：准确无误的语法，标点拼写使读信人感到舒畅；错误的语法或拼写则十分明显，一望即知，且不可把收信人的姓名或公司地址拼错了。

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英文求职信写作要点 篇2

1 英文求职信的特点

在当今竞争激烈的社会里,一个工作职位往往有众多的竞争者,英文求职信具有获得面试机会和工作机会双重交际目的,这些决定了英文求职信具有独特的交际特性,即独有的内在宏观结构和语言风格特点[3]。Bhatia[4]把英文求职信的内在宏观结构概括为7个语步:1)介绍候选身份;2)确定任职凭证;3)激励对方接受申请;4)提及附寄有关材料;5)采用施压策略;6)索求回音;7)礼貌收尾。这7个语步是由求职信这种体裁的交际目的和功能决定的,它们构成了求职信这种特定语篇体裁的认知结构,撰写地道的求职信必须遵照这种模式。英文求职信的交际目的也决定了它的语言风格特点是平实、简洁;在句子结构上,多用长句。平实的语言风格是英文求职信的一个重要特点。简洁是英文求职信的另一个重要语言风格特点。招聘者往往要面对几十封甚至是成百封的求职信,面对如此多的求职信,招聘者分配给每一封求职信的时间是有限的,往往只有30秒的时间浏览[5]。如果求职信过长,招聘者没有时间浏览完毕,使应聘者失去机会。

在一篇结构完整、内容丰富、语言简洁的求职信中,既要尽可能的展示自己,又要避免冗长,如何做好信息之间的衔接就成为一篇求职信成功与否的关键,下面就从词汇衔接的角度分析其在求职信语篇中的应用。

2 词汇衔接手段在英文求职信中的运用

2.1 频率统计

从张迪和李海燕[6]合著的《实用英语教你写求职信及简历》中选择了十篇例文,对这十篇英文求职信中词汇衔接手段应用的频率进行了统计,如表1;图1为词汇复现和词汇搭配在每篇求职信中出现的频数直方图。

(横坐标:求职信1-10;纵坐标:出现次数)

从以上的统计表和直方图中可以看出词汇衔接手段在英文求职信中出现的频率比较高,词汇衔接手段是如和对文章整体的衔接和连贯起到很大的作用的,下面将通过列举实例进一步分析。

2.2 复现的运用研究

复现表示衔接纽带一端出现一个项目后,其另一端由同一个项目的重复、同义词、上义词或泛指词占据的现象。具体到词汇项目上可以是同一个项目的重复、同义词、上义词、反义词等。

2.2.1 词汇重复

词汇重复在语篇中起着非常重要的作用:一方面,从交际角度来分析,人们所传递的不可能句句是新信息,重复是必然的,同时保证交际的不间断性和连贯性;另一方面,从修辞角度来分析,需要借助重复来突出某个或某些重要信息,从而引起听者或读者的注意。胡壮麟[7]指出“词汇衔接中最直接的方式是具有同样语义同一形式的词汇在同一语篇中反复出现”。这种重复虽然简单却在语义上能达到连接上下文和凸现主题的作用。

如:在letter(1)应聘英语口语教师的求职信中,重复使用了“teacher”和“teaching”各四次,用来描述自己的教学经历及应聘该教师职位的愿望,起到了突出强调主题的作用。再如:letter(2)应聘人事主管的求职信,“personnel”一词被重复了六次,letter(5)中“account”出现了五次,不仅起到连贯全篇的作用,而且可以突出主题。这种简单的重复虽然有一定的作用,但过多的使用会使文章不够生动缺乏活力。使用同义词或近义词就可避免这一现象。

2.2.2 同义词或近义词

同义性和近同义性是指具有相同或相近意义的不同词项在语篇中的接应关系,不管这个词是指人、物、过程或性质[7]。通过使用同义词、近义词,可以在语义上重复和补充上文的内容,使得语段中的不同成分彼此相联,这样既能使语篇在意义的传达上连贯,又能避免单调划一,提高用词的多样性,为语篇的风格增色。

最典型的例子是如何表述“工作”或者“职务”,如果全篇只重复使用“job”一词,会让读者感觉你的词汇量太少,文章不够灵活,应该避免这种现象,可以将所应聘的“job”具体名称写出来,如“English teacher”、“personnel director”等;也可以仅用“it”来指代;还可以将“job”替换成“position”、“work”、“vacancy”、“career”、“staff member”、“employment”、“employee”、“opportunity”等。

在letter(5)中,第一段第一句话“Learning from Xiaomei Li,one of you staff member,which you are seeking several provisional English interpreters for the oncoming export commodities fair,I should like to apply for such a job.”提到了即将到来的出口商品交易会时,用到了“oncoming”一词表示“即将来临的”,在文末“During your forthcoming spring fair,I happen to have no class.So I will be available to work for two week,the period of which is suitable for you fair.”再次提到了即将来临的交易会时,改用“forthcoming”即表达了同样的意思,又表现出运用词汇的多样性。

2.2.3 上义词

词汇的上下义关系是一种内包含的关系,如郁金香和玫瑰花都包含与花这个概念中,狮子和大象包含与哺乳动物(或者动物)中。因此内包含是一种上下级的关系。上级的术语被称为上义词,下级的术语称为下义词[8]。上下义词在语篇中出现通常有两种情形;一种是上义词先于下义词出现,这时下义词会对相应的上义词起进一步说明的衔接作用。一种是下义词先出现,这时后出现的下义词会起到归类或概括的衔接作用。如例文(3):

Dear Sir:

Now and then corporations send out feelers for just the right type of creative person.This person must fit very specific criteria.Usually,after all is said and done,the corporation wants a business person who can manage,create and communicate.……

如上例所示,第一段中划直线的部分在它们的上义词“specific criteria”之后出现,具有解释说明的作用。一般来说,前一种情况比较常用,先呈现出上义词,然后再对其具体内容做解释说明,条理清晰,符合一般人的语言习惯。如:例文(4)中…In addition,my personality equips me with the quality of conscientiousness,initiative,responsibility and cooperation….上义词“quality”呈现之后,马上对其所指的具体品质用了几个下义词来说明;再如:例文(5)…The courses I have taken in International Trade include International Marketing,Negotiation Techniques,International Business Law,the Study of Etiquette,Psychology,English for Foreign Trade,English Interpretation,etc….这句中对所修的“courses”作了列举,在写求职信时,尤其是对那些没有工作经验的应届毕业生来说,为了让读信人了解你的专业技能,列举一些课程是必要的,但要注意所列举的课程要和专业紧密相关。

2.2.4 概括词

概括词(General Words)指的是能够起到泛指作用的一小类相对固定的名词,例如在英语中我们用people,person,man等指代人,用thing,stuff指代事物,用place指代地点,用task指代工作等等。当一个具体名词再次出现的时候人们往往将概括词和the结合使用,构成同指照应以避免重复。

如:例文(1)中,“I heard from a friend of mine that you have a vacancy for college oral English teacher.I would like to offer my services to the job.”句中泛指词“the job”指代上句中出现的“college oral English teacher”;例文(3)中,“Now and then corporations send out feelers for just the right type of creative person.The person must fit very specific criteria.”第二句中的概括词“the person”指代上句中提到的“the right type of creative person”;例文(6)中“On looking over today's Inner Mongolia Daily my attention is attracted by your advertisement for an accountant.Now as I am desirous of obtaining such position,I should like to apply for the same.”首先提到了广告中招聘的职位是“an accountant”,然后写信人写到他很想得到这样的“po-sition”,最后一句明确了写信的目的是为了申请会计一职,此时用了“the same”来指代,此句中的概括词用的恰到好处,即没有与前文重复,又起到了连贯的作用。概括词虽然能起到避免重复的作用,但概括词要通过上下文来体现其意义,所以单独使用会起不到衔接的作用。

2.3 词汇搭配的应用研究

词的搭配关系主要是指词与词之间的横组合关系,即什么词经常与什么词搭配使用[9]。下面从选择限制和共现两个角度来探讨。

2.3.1 词汇搭配的选择限制

词汇搭配的选择限制取决于两点:一是语法规则,二是词汇的语义特征[9]。在写英文求职信时,遵循语法规则和词汇的一般用法尤为重要,因为其准确与否体现了写信人的语言功底及运用英语语言的能力,为了给读信人一个好的第一印象,要特别注意词汇的选择限制。

如:在表达“所附的简历”时,应该用“enclosed resume”,这两个词的搭配是固定的,要想准确地道地表达,就一定要注意词组的固定搭配,不要仅凭词典的含义就随意搭配。如:“安排一次会面”中的“安排”一词最好的选择是“arrange”,即“arrange a meeting”;再如:“在您方便的时候”正确的表达是“at your convenience”应用介词“at”。在表达“工作经历”时,一般“work experience”比较常见,而“job experience”就不太常用,这种现象可能是由于长期对两种词汇的选择使用,导致了用前一种词汇的人比用后一种的要多,最终形成了“work experience”的固定搭配。

2.3.2 词汇共现

共现即组合搭配,也是词汇衔接的重要手段之一,但这里的搭配与传统意义上的搭配有着明显的区别。胡壮麟在《语篇的衔接与连贯》一书中关于“组合搭配”时指出:“…我们不能从分开的角度看词项的关系,因为许多词项并非名词。而是动词,形容词和副词,难以放在一起分类。但这些词项倾向于在同一语境中出现,具有语篇衔接力。”也就是说,根据系统功能语言学的观点,在一定的语篇中,特定的语域(field of discourse)决定了一定词项的出现,从而排除掉其他一些毫不相关或不大可能出现的词项。

比如hunting一词在某一描述英国贵族的文章中,会让读者联想到quarry(猎物)hound(猎犬),或者shooting和fishing;而在另一篇有关人类学的语篇中,则会让人联想到gathering,agricultural和pastoral(乡村的)等词;如果hunting出现在一篇有关求职的文章中,人们则会联想到job,resume(简历)等词。

在求职信这样的文章中,出现频率较高的词如“apply,experience,education,work,career,staff,professional,application,recommendation,ability,personality,interview,position,opportunity,corporation,resume,etc.”都与“求职”这一概念有着密切关系。从整体上说,它们具有很强的语篇衔接功能。如果整个语篇围绕“tour,historical place,by plane,beautiful,take photos,etc”这些词项来构建“application”这一主题的话,将落得个“文不对题”的下场。

3 结束语

通过讨论词汇衔接手段运用在英文求职信中所表现出来的一些特点,分析出运用词汇衔接可以对文章的连贯起到很大的作用。尽管在Halliday和Hasan的Cohesion in English一书中词汇衔接手段的篇幅不超过二十页,但是词汇衔接的重要性在书中被明显地强调了[10]。词汇衔接与语法衔接相比,出现频率更高,在语篇流畅建构中起主导作用,所以在撰写英文求职信时,为了保证全文连贯流畅,特别要注重词汇衔接手段的应用,这将对完成一篇成功的求职信有很大的帮助。

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英文求职信写作秘诀 篇3

英文求职信写作秘诀 秘笈1 写好英文求职信的开头

首先应该表明你是在何家媒体看到应聘广告以及所要应聘职位的名称，如：(1)In answer to your advertisement in(媒体名称，括号里只要按照实际情况填写，下同)for(职位名称),I wish to tender my services.(2)With reference to your advertisement in(媒体名称)for(职位名称),I respectfully offer myself for the post.秘笈2 英文求职信中的自我介绍

通常在这段里介绍你的工作经验，特别需要注意的是，和所应聘工作无关的经历就不要赘述了，如：(1)I have been serving for over(数字)years in(以前供职单位).(2)I have had(数字)years‘experience with(以前供职单位)as a(以前职务).秘笈3 英文求职信中说明原因

这里包含两个方面的原因，一是离开现职的原因，二是申请新职位的原因，如：(1)My reason for leaving my present employer is that I wish to get into the(申请职位的性质，如：advertising)business.(2)I left the office on account of the discontinuance of the business.秘笈4如何在英文求职信中证明能力

这部分非重重要，因为这体现你究竟能为公司做些什么，直接关系到求职的成功率，但是也要注意一定要用最少的文字表达最多的意思。还是那句话，和所应聘职位无关的能力（包括证书、资格等），也应该坚决予以剔除，如：(1)I have received a special English education（你的专业）,and have a fair command of Japanese（你的副业）.In addition, I know a little French.(2)During my education, I have grasped the principals of my major and skills of practice.Not only have I passed TEM-8（你所通过的水平测试或其它职业技能考核）,but more important I can communicate with others freely in English（你个人的能力，尤其是强项）.My ability to write and speak English is out of question.秘笈5 英文求职信中关于薪水的问题

这是个比较敏感的问题，如果一定要在信中提及的话，也是可以应付的，如：(1)I am willing to serve on trial（试用）for some months at a low salary.(2)I should require a salary of 2,000 RMB a month to begin with.秘笈6 英文求职信的结尾

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成功的求职信决不是虎头蛇尾的，往往会在此提及关于希望得到面试的事情。因此，结尾一样要引起重视，如：(1)I should be glad to have a personal interview and can furnish references if desired.(2)I should appreciate the privilege of an interview.I may be reached by letter at the address given below（如这样使用的话，就要在后面附上你的联系地址）,or by telephone at 88888888（你的电话号码）.秘笈7 注意附件

这个部分视具体情况而定，如果有详细的简历，或者是用人单位需要的材料，附在求职信中时，需要注明，如：(1)Enclosed please find a resume,a photo and an autobiography.(2)A copy of my transcript is enclosed.另外还有一些内容虽然不属于求职信的一部分，但是也不能忽视，如求职信的用纸，一般采用A4幅面的纸张，正文用打印机打印出来，信末必须亲笔签名。打印字体不宜过大，这样会增加篇幅，也不宜太小，给别人增添麻烦。字体不要采用花体，用黑体、宋体、仿宋就可以了，显得正式而尊重。如没有特殊情况，尽量少用彩色。总之简洁大方就可以了，不要弄得过于花哨。

最后，将求职信装入信封，就可以寄递了。有关写求职信的其它技巧，在你求职的过程中，一定也有心得，所以总而言之，祝你好运了！

英文求职信写作指导 篇4

1、Why am I passionate to take this job?Since my graduation from a vocational high school, my passion has been with English. Though, my major was computer, I harbored no illusions about computers as a profession.

Learning English has intrigued me into doing the job which I can deal with people in English. As a bar waiter onboard, I have always been more than just a waiter, because I am eager to share my knowledge with them.

While some people take making more money for granted, I do not. I view my time on the cruise as an unparalleled opportunity to learn more about American culture and its language, but more importantly for the knowledge of a real China that I am able to provide to the American people.

2、Why am I qualified?

It is my passion, potential and perseverance make me qualified. Since I started working at the age of 18, I have been immersing myself in learning English and dealing with American people. More or less, I have accumulated some experiences in Foreign Affairs. It is also the primary reason for me to work in the bar so that I can be with them all the time.

During my years working at No.2 Foreign Language Middle School, I had volunteered everything I could to help our foreign teachers and the department of International Affairs, both during working hours and off-hours.

As a man without any university credential, mostly self-taught through the years, I found myself having the potential to do it well. It will never be only a job for me, but my career.

How could I retreat from the challenge of being a river guide before having a try?

3、What am I good at ? How does it work to help me with my future job?I am good at dealing with Americans, that will absolutely help me with my job as a river guide, since most of our guests are from the US.

I have a very strong learning ability and I work hard. American people admire those self-made man, so do Chinese. Self-Learning has showed my tremendous discipline, and it is a lifelong learning process at this fast-changing world.

4、What is my weakness? How should I cope with it?

To be honest, I haven’t got 100% professional knowledge to be a river guide at this moment. However, I have been taking all means to get more about it. For instance, I’ve printed all the information I collected; I have the script of Yangtze lecture from our cruise manager; I have the books and DVDs about Yangtze, and I even ordered the book 《River Town》from the United States, etc. For sure, I will have known enough, by then, because I am starving to learn.

5、Did I know anything about this job?

护士英文写作求职信 篇5

Dear leaders：

Hello！

I was times； times； Chinese Medicine Clinical fresh graduates。 Into the medical industry to relieve the suffering of human diseases has always been my dream， and Stern School of Medicine a few years refining my dream has laid a solid foundation of professional expertise made me clear career goal： to do a clinical physician。

Choice of medical career and select the medical schools， determined to be life—saving faith engraved in mind。 After entering university， I seize every day of the accumulation of professional knowledge and the cultivation of basic skills， enrich their own minds。 As a medical student， I have a strong call for progress in thinking， optimistic， progressive， right cardinal remain sober—minded， not afraid of difficulties complex， have the confidence and sense of responsibility。 In the capacity—building， the school actively participated in various activities， school wide range of attempts to carry out practical activities on many occasions， both what they have learned into practice， but also exercise capacity。 Dapeng wings， speeding horse needs to have its own ground。 Kwiwon scientific management system and the concept of informed choice of people； make me truly believe that your hospital is my informed choice。