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Unit 15: Job Application Writing and Acceptance Letters

The applicant must also be careful to avoid overuse of the first person singular ‘I’. Too may ‘I’s Notes
sound egotistical. The application letter is no doubt a personal letter, and therefore, there are
bound to be some ‘I’s. The best way is to ensure that there are neither too many fi rst person
pronouns nor too few.
At this point, it is also instructive to remember what you learned in unit 1. There is no need to
use phrases like ‘humbly beg’ ‘Your obedient servant, ‘Yours humbly’. It is no use sounding
too humble or servile. Expressions like these are not going to impress anyone, not the least a
prospective employer who is going to be guided by the job requirement and the applicant’s
suitability for it. That is why it is also advisable not to close the application with ‘Thanking
you’ or ‘Thanking you in anticipation’. As has been well said “Modesty with dignity is the best
policy”.

15.4 Applications with Enlisted Particulars

An applicant has the option to enlist/enumerate his particulars, as in a bio-data or C.V., in the

application letter itself. In that case the particulars follow the first paragraph. In other words,
such an application is a letter and a C.V. combined in one written communication. It is entirely a
matter of the applicant’s choice, but it is not so popular as the letter-style application or the C.V.
with a covering letter. Given below is an example of such an application.

Example: Application for the job of a Junior Accountant Trainee.
The Personal Manager, July 14,2003
The Vyasa Bank Limited
New Delhi.

Dear Sir,
I request you to consider my qualifications and experience for the post of ‘Junior

Accountant Trainee’ in your company as advertised in ‘Times of India’ of 12th July, 2004. Listed

below are the particulars of my qualifications and personal details:
Name S.K. Batra
Address 3/47, Patel Nagar, New Delhi.
Age 24 Years.
Marital Status Unmarried
Physique Height-170cm; Weight-58 kg;
Education Names of Examinations passed, with ranks, are as under:
i. I.C.S.S.E. of Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi with
68% marks in ……
ii. B.Com. Exam. of Delhi University, with Fourth Rank in the
University,
iii. Senior Grade Typewriting Examination of the Govt. of N.C.T.
Delhi with 60 w.p.m.
Extra-curricular activities i. Member of the College Planning Forum, in…
ii. Played badminton at the state level during…..
Experience i. I meet the entire expenses of my college studies by working as a
Typist during… in a firm of Auditors, M/s. Sharma & Sharma,

Darya Ganj, Delhi.

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