Cover Letter Instruction & Requirement: 

**Please write a formal business letter (e.g. follow a “Business Letter template”) to the company containing the following elements:

a. The address of a company along with the name of a person at that company (the addressee) that is the likely “contact person” for the position one seeking.

b. A brief introduction that lists one’s degree and major field of study plus a few of one’s personal strengths most relevant to the job. 

c. A paragraph discussing one’s writing ability and how this might apply to the job one’s seeking 



*** Please use your understanding of rhetoric to convince intended audience to seriously consider for the position one’s seeking.



**Address of a company: County of Alameda, XXX, XXX, XXXX 

**Addressee: Department of Human Resources

**Position Seeking: Social Service

**Degree: Bachelor of Sociology: Social Service Option

** Personal Strengths: 

- Bilingual: English & Chinese

- Good communication & Listening skills

- Passion to help others

- Detail Oriented

- Responsibility 

- Patience 

- Friendly

- Understanding for the needs of others



Thank you!!