Covering Letter to Recruiter

When writing to a recruiter, start your letter with your mission. Next, state why that recruiter should be interested in you, and close with an invitation to contact you should there be a connection between your skills and their client.

The letter shown below is from a banking candidate, experienced in selling financial services to a selected list of executive recruiters. If the recruiter has an assignment matching the candidate, they will be motivated to call the candidate.

Dear Mr Brown

I am in the process of seeking a new sales opportunity for a financial institution where I can use my skills in:

Adding new products - suggested enhancements to existing lines that increased sales.
Developing new clients - brought in 75 new clients representing $15 million in sales.
Negotiations - personally dealt with more than 6,000 sales over 10 years.
Closing - closed more than 45% of all prospects contacted.

If you are working on a client assignment requiring a highly successful financial sales professional, I would welcome your call.

Yours sincerely

Sandra Gilchrist (Ms)

Enc: resume

A further example is shown below:

Dear Mrs Ling

For more than eight years I have been an account executive in advertising and public relations. I have had successful experience in the publishing, household products, cosmetics and fast food industries. Three of my most recent clients have been in the Fortune 100 companies.

I am now seeking a professional change and am sending you my resume on the chance that you may be working on an assignment that could use my skills in developing new products, increasing brand and product acceptance and copywriting.

Yours sincerely

Erik Vembu

Enc: Resume