• Communicating by E-mail  
• Telephone communication

Letters of Introduction or Cover Letters

Letter format, design and style: Formatting letters and designing the page layout is a matter of personal preference and should be appropriate for your major and audience. Visual communication is essential when applying for design positions.  Your letters, resume, and reference page should be designed as a total package with consistency of style, typography, color, paper and layout.  Many students design personalized letterhead to use as headings for both letters and resumes. 

Letter content: Your letters should be personalized for each employer and uniquely reflect your objective, personality and qualifications.

Sample Letters: The letter examples below are guidelines to help you begin developing appropriate content for your job search correspondence.

• Letter of Introduction or cover letter, Basic Model for all majors
• Letter following an interview
• Letter accepting a job or internship
• Letter declining a job or internship

Major specific sample letters

The following letter examples address content only. Again, design and layout should reflect your individual creativity and be appropriate for your audience.  

• Architecture: summer internship search; full-time job search
• Art and Design:
• Community and Regional Planning: Internship search, full-time job search
• Graphic Design: internship search, full-time job search
• Interior Design: internship search, full-time job search
• Landscape Architecture: Internship search