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Cover letter builder

Four questions, one structured draft. Nothing you type is uploaded — the letter is assembled in your browser.

Four questions

Copy one line from the job advert — the one you match best.

One sentence with a number in it. This is the paragraph that decides whether you get read.

Something specific — a product decision, a market they operate in, a recent change. Not 'your excellent reputation'.

Notice period or start date.

Your draft

44 words
Dear Hiring Manager, I am applying for the [role] role at [company], which I saw advertised on CareerHub. I would welcome the chance to talk through how I would approach the first few months. Thank you for considering my application. Yours sincerely, [your name]

This is a draft, not a finished letter. Read it aloud before sending — if a sentence sounds like nobody wrote it, rewrite it in your own words. A letter that sounds like you beats a polished one that sounds like everyone.

What a cover letter is actually for

A CV lists what you have done. A cover letter argues why those particular things matter for this particular role. That is the whole job, and it is why a generic letter is worse than no letter — it takes up a reviewer's time without making an argument.

The structure that works

  1. Name the role in the first sentence. Reviewers are often handling several vacancies at once.
  2. Take one requirement and answer it with evidence. This is the paragraph that decides whether you get read to the end. One example, with a number, described concretely.
  3. Show you know something specific about them. Anything that could be said about any employer should be cut.
  4. Close with availability and a next step. Short, direct, no pleading.

What to leave out

  • A summary of your CV. The reviewer has it attached — repeating it wastes the one page where you could make an argument.
  • Adjectives about yourself. “Passionate, driven, hard-working” is unverifiable and every applicant writes it.
  • Anything negative about a current or former employer.
  • More than about 300 words. Three or four short paragraphs is right.

For the full method, read how to write a resume — the same evidence-first principle applies to both documents.