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Write a letter of application in response to advertisement given below:

Formal Letter Writing

Write a letter of application in response to the advertisement given below:

Solution:

7G, Rainbow Colony,

M.G.Road, Dharavi,

Mumbai-17.

5th March 2014

To

The Advertiser,

Box no.125,

The Times of India,

Mumbai-400001.

Ref: Classified ad in The Times of India, dated 5th March 2014

Subject: Application for the post of Office Assistant

Dear Sir/Madam,

With reference to your advertisement in The Times of India, dated 5th March 2014, I wish to offer myself as a candidate for the post of Office Assistant.

I have passed the HSC (Commerce) with 68% and am fluent in English. I have good communication skills, too. I have also done a three months’ course in Computers from APPLE and have knowledge of Word and Excel.

I have a pleasant personality and am a person of vision. My skills will definitely be of great use to the company. I am good at working as part of a team.

I do hope that you will consider me suitable for the post. I enclose my CV along with this letter. I am also submitting photocopies of my HSC examination results and a certificate from APPLE. I hope they meet your requirements.

Yours truly,

XYZ

Encl.:

  • (i) CV
  • (ii) Photocopy of examination results
  • (iii) Certificate from APPLE
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Difficult Words & Meanings

  • Reputed: Well-known and respected by many people.
  • Requires: Needs or demands something.
  • Office Assistants: People who help with administrative and clerical tasks in an office.
  • Candidates: People who are applying for a job or position.
  • HSC: Higher Secondary Certificate (a level of schooling, often equivalent to 12th grade).
  • Working knowledge: Practical understanding or skill in something.
  • Communication skills: Abilities used to give and receive different kinds of information effectively.
  • Fluency: The ability to speak or write a language easily, smoothly, and accurately.
  • Residing: Living in a particular place.
  • Advertiser: A person or company that pays to have information about a product or job published.
  • Classified ad: A small advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, often for jobs, items for sale, etc.
  • Reference (Ref): A mention of something; in letters, it often points to a previous communication or advertisement.
  • Post: A job or position.
  • Offer myself as a candidate: To present oneself as someone suitable for a job.
  • Commerce: The study of business and trade.
  • Personality: The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.
  • Vision (person of): Someone who thinks about or plans the future with imagination or wisdom.
  • Enclose (Encl.): To put something in the same envelope or package as a letter.
  • CV (Curriculum Vitae): A short written description of your education, qualifications, previous jobs, and sometimes also your personal interests, that you send to an employer when you are trying to get a job. (Similar to a résumé).
  • Photocopies: Copies of documents made by a machine (photocopier).
  • Certificate: An official document that proves something, like completion of a course.
  • Requirements: Things that are needed or demanded for a particular purpose.
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