As you are searching for job postings, you suddenly come across an opening for a position that suits your skills, experiences, and interests. You want to send your credentials to the employer right away, and you want to start your email message by explaining how you heard about the job opening. But, you suddenly realized …
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Cover letters can be the most difficult part of job-hunting for some. There are many questions about cover letters which are often unclear: What should my cover letter be about? What should I write in the introduction? Who do I address it to? Does this make me sound too pompous? Because formatting and rules for …
Hey, there! Welcome to Linguaholic. You must have been wondering what the notation “encl” stands for that’s why you’re here. Or, you may already have some hunches in mind, but you just want to make sure whether using it on cover letters would make any difference or not. Well, you’ve come to the right post …
With all the loads of emails going to a recruiter’s inbox every day, reading a job post response means skimming through the most important parts only. From the applicant’s perspective, this also means that drafting the email response to make it stand out is meanwhile a challenging task. Email writing, or writing in general, may …
Some people think that the punctuation system requires esoteric knowledge to be fully mastered. Well, that might be the case if we think of it from a pedantic perspective, that the written language ought to be governed by “rigid” rules. Thinking ths way may discourage people from writing, which should not be the case because …
If you have been on the job hunt recently, you might have seen some ads that ask for a cover letter. The most common use of a cover letter is in applying for jobs, but it may be required or useful in other contexts as well. A cover letter should never be more than a …
When we talk about the language spoken in the UK, US, India, Australia and other countries around the world, we use the word “English.” That word is deceptively simple, though. In fact, there are many different types of English. That refers to regional varieties like Indian English (spoken in India) and UK English (spoken in …
“I know what pronouns are, but I’m kinda confused about the idea behind relative pronouns and I have no clue on how to punctuate sentences containing relative pronouns. If that’s totally you, you’ve certainly come to the right place. But don’t worry, Linguaholic got you covered! You’re welcome. You can thank me later for writing this …
Through the advent of technology, emails have replaced written letters and stressful face-to-face interactions. In correspondence, a sign-off message is an important politeness marker which serves as a closing cue to end an interaction. Interestingly, these all-too-common sign-off messages may imply a variety of tones and meaning to the audience. To shed light on these …