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Answer what you can, leave the rest. You get a short, clear letter in the form British employers expect, which you can change before you use it. Nothing you type is sent anywhere: the letter is written on this site, by fixed rules, not by a chatbot.

A few questions

The job

You

Real facts beat big words. A number helps.

How they reach you

Formal suits large firms, councils and the NHS. Kind regards or Best regards suits most small firms, depots and agencies, and nobody will mark you down for it.

Three things that make a covering letter work

  • Short. Three short paragraphs. The person reading has forty more.
  • Facts, not adjectives. "No accidents in four years" says more than "hard working and reliable".
  • The right ending. Formal: Yours sincerely to a named person, Yours faithfully to Dear Hiring Manager, and the writer picks it for you. Or choose the friendlier Kind regards or Best regards, which most small employers use themselves.

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