Esempi di cover letter in inglese

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Esempi di cover letter in inglese
Prima di leggere le tre cover letter seguenti ti consiglio di dare un’occhiata all’articolo
“Scrivere una cover letter” pubblicato su Nonvogliolavorare.it, dove spiego che struttura
dovrebbe avere una buona cover letter e quali sono gli errori più comuni commessi al
momento di prepararla. Ti consiglio anche di leggere il mio articolo su come preparare un
curriculum vitae.
Ho deciso di condividere tre cover letter, tutte spedite all’inizio del 2010, per farti capire
come personalizzare ciascuna lettera a seconda del destinatario.
Come vedrai, visto che si tratta di lettere che ho mandato durante lo stesso mese a tre
università che si occupano di condurre ricerca scientifica in campi abbastanza simili, in
gran parte si tratta della stessa lettera. Vi sono però alcune sezioni del testo – in rosso
nelle lettere, – che cambiano a seconda del destinatario.
In particolare, nel primo paragrafo ho specificato come sono venuto a conoscenza
dell’offerta di lavoro per cui sto facendo domanda. Nel secondo paragrafo, quando
opportuno, ho illustrato più nel dettaglio una data esperienza professionale piuttosto che
un’altra. Il motivo è che ogni università – o azienda – sta cercando un candidato con
esperienze e capacità particolari. Infine, nel terzo paragrafo, ho spiegato perché ero
interessato a tale posizione di lavoro e in che modo avrei potuto rendermi utile.
p.s. L’inglese non è la mia lingua madre quindi è possibile che vi siano errori. Credo però
che, a meno che non si stia facendo domanda per diventare insegnanti d’inglese o
traduttori, questo non sia troppo importante. Infatti un responsabile delle risorse umane
con un po’ di sale in zucca è cosciente del fatto che, nel caso decida di assumere un
italiano, la conoscenza perfetta dell’inglese non è una delle priorità dell’azienda.
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Primo esempio di cover letter
Dr. NOME E COGNOME
INDIRIZZO
Website:
E-mail:
January 13, 2010
INDIRIZZO DEL DESTINATARIO
To whom it may concern,
I am a Ph. Doctor of the XXX, XXX University, City, Country. My Ph.D. advisors were Prof. XXX and Prof.
XXX. Since November 2009, I hold a position of Temporary Assistant Professor and Researcher in XXX
University, City, Country. I looked your advertisement in the Website http://www. webiste.com for
Postdoctoral Studies position in the control of complex engineering systems area. Please accept this letter
and the enclosed résumé as my application for the position.
With four years of research experience in various subjects, I believe that my qualifications will match the
position. My research background and coursework have supplied me many skills in the systems modeling,
automatic control and signal processing fields. In XXX, during my master degree internship, I worked in the
XXX. I studied the problems of anti-windup and bumpless transfer for switched systems, a particular class of
hybrid systems. My Ph.D. Thesis was financed by XXX and the XX. In the XXX Labs, during the last three
years, I had the opportunity to work in both theoretical and practical subjects. The main theoretical results of
my work are concerned with analysis and control design of hybrid systems. I mainly investigated two aspects
related to hybrid systems: bumpless transfer control and stabilization of two-time scale systems, a particular
class of ill-conditioned systems that can be found in robotics, biological and chemical systems, for instance.
The practical application of my Ph.D. dealt with robust steering control during the rolling process in a hot strip
finishing mill.
In my postdoctoral studies, I would like to do a deeper research in hybrid systems modeling, analysis and
control. In the same time, I am interested in extend my research topics to new areas. I believe that the XXX’s
interdisciplinary project will allow me to reach this goal. I especially would like to investigate the potential of
the hybrid systems framework in robotics and/or bio-inspired systems. Please accept this letter as an
expression of my genuine interest in pursuing my career at the XXX. I will produce a good research work that
will answer with the University expectations. Thank you for taking the time to review my résumé, and I look
forward to a favorable reply.
Sincerely yours,
FIRMA
encl: Résumé, Ph.D. certificate, Sample publications
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Secondo esempio di cover letter
Dr. NOME E COGNOME
INDIRIZZO
Website:
E-mail:
January 25, 2010
INDIRIZZO DEL DESTINATARIO
To whom it may concern,
I am a Ph. Doctor of the XXX, XXX University, City, Country. My Ph.D. advisors were Prof. XXX and Prof.
XXX. Since November 2009, I hold a position of Temporary Assistant Professor and Researcher in XXX
University, City, Country. I looked your advertisement in the CSS eLetter for Postdoctoral Studies position in
the design of sustainable policies for greenhouse gas emissions (reference number TS34002). Please
accept this letter and the enclosed résumé as my application for the position.
With four years of research experience in various subjects, I believe that my qualifications will match the
position. My research background and coursework have supplied me many skills in systems modeling,
automatic control and signal processing fields. In XXX, during my master degree internship, I worked in the
XXX. I studied the problems of anti-windup and bumpless transfer for switched systems. My Ph.D. Thesis
was financed XXX and XXX. In the XXX Labs, during the last three years, I had the opportunity to work in
both theoretical and practical subjects. The main theoretical results of my work are concerned with analysis
and control design of hybrid systems. I mainly investigated two aspects related to hybrid systems: linear
quadratic bumpless transfer control and stabilization of two-time scale systems, a particular class of illconditioned systems that can be found in robotics, biological and chemical systems, for instance. The
practical application of my Ph.D. dealt with robust steering control during the rolling process in a hot strip
finishing mill. In order to obtain a simple and systematic procedure so as to extend the steering control to
different factories, I also realized a specific Matlab-Simulink toolbox, called Robust Steering Control Toolbox,
which contains the nonlinear model of the hot strip mill, handles the database of products and computes the
state-feedback robust control laws. The robust steering control system developed during my Ph.D. will be
soon implemented in other two XXX plants.
In my postdoctoral studies, I would like to do a deeper research in systems modeling, analysis and control. In
the same time, I am interested in extend my research topics to new areas. I think that the Department of
Engineering Science’s project, the design of sustainable policies for greenhouse gas emissions, will allow
me to reach these goals. I have already worked on nonlinear system modeling, model reduction techniques
(through the singular perturbation method), computer simulation (using Matlab-Simulink and, for a minor
application concerning the hot strip mill model, Visual Basic), optimal and robust control design. I also had
the opportunity to closely collaborate with industrials during three years. Hence, I believe I can be effective
on all the areas of the project. Please accept this letter as an expression of my genuine interest in pursuing
my career at the XXX. I will produce a good research work that will answer with the University expectations.
Thank you for taking the time to review my résumé and I look forward to a favorable reply.
Sincerely yours,
FIRMA
encl: Résumé, Ph.D. certificate, Sample publications
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Terzo esempio di cover letter
Dr. NOME E COGNOME
INDIRIZZO
Website:
E-mail:
February 11, 2010
INDIRIZZO DEL DESTINATARIO
To whom it may concern,
I am a Ph. Doctor of the XXX, XXX University, City, Country. My Ph.D. advisors were Prof. XXX and Prof.
XXX. Since November 2009, I hold a position of Temporary Assistant Professor and Researcher in XXX
University, City, Country. I looked your advertisement in the E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal
Processing for Postdoctoral Studies position in the control of complex engineering systems area. Please
accept this letter and the enclosed résumé as my application for the position.
With four years of research experience in various subjects, I believe that my qualifications will match the
position. My research background and coursework have supplied me many skills in systems modeling,
automatic control and signal processing fields. In XXX, during my master degree internship, I worked in the
XXX. I studied the problems of anti-windup and bumpless transfer for switched systems. My Ph.D. Thesis
was financed XXX and XXX. In the XXX Labs, during the last three years, I had the opportunity to work in
both theoretical and practical subjects. The main theoretical results of my work are concerned with analysis
and control design of hybrid systems. I mainly investigated two aspects related to hybrid systems: linear
quadratic bumpless transfer control and stabilization of two-time scale systems, a particular class of illconditioned systems that can be found in robotics, biological and chemical systems, for instance. The
practical application of my Ph.D. dealt with robust steering control during the rolling process in a hot strip
finishing mill. First, a hybrid system model of the mill taking into account parametric uncertainties was
established. Thus, a robust control system was designed and validated during experimental trials at XXX
(Germany) hot strip mill of XXX. An uncertain delay on the switching instants was also taken into account. I
was part of the team that conducted the trials on September and October 2008 under the supervision of XXX,
XXX engineer. The robust steering control system developed during my Ph.D. will be soon implemented in
other XXX mills.
In my postdoctoral studies, I would like to do a deeper research in systems modeling, analysis and control
of uncertain complex systems. In the same time, I am interested in extend my research topics to new areas.
I believe that your interdisciplinary project will allow me to reach this goal. Please accept this letter as an
expression of my genuine interest in pursuing my career at the University of XXX. I will produce a good
research work that will answer with the University expectations. Thank you for taking the time to review
my résumé, and I look forward to a favorable reply.
Sincerely yours,
FIRMA
encl: Résumé, Ph.D. certificate, Sample publications