Sample covering letter for a speculative / direct approach to a company

12 Fairfax Close
Stableton
Bristol BS12 5RT

Kenneth Brown
Molson plc
14-24 Cable Street
Bristol BS2 4RT

25 July

Dear Mr Brown

Yesterday's Evening Post reported that you are expanding your sales and servicing activities. This highlighted your potential requirement for additional staff for your new branches. I am currently looking for opportunities to make use of my experience of working in a service centre and would therefore be extremely interested in any potential vacancies that might arise.

Over the past ten years I have worked in customer services, initially in retail and most recently for a major plc. This work has included: taking bookings from customers and organising job schedules for service engineers in a service centre; training and supervising a team; setting up and running a customer complaints service; and handling customer account queries.

Full details of my skills and experience are contained in my CV, which I have enclosed. I will phone next week to establish whether a meeting would be appropriate. I would very much like to discuss any potential opening with you.

Yours sincerely;

Sally Jones

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