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Sample Cover Letter

Bobbi La Follette

1225 Observatory Drive

Madison, WI 53706

608-123-4567

blafollette@lafollette.wisc.edu

September 29, 2014

Ms. Mary Smith

Human Resources Director

World Hunger

Lloyd Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Ms. Smith:

I am writing to apply for the position of Policy Analyst, which I learned about on World Hunger’s

website. I will graduate with my Master of Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison La

Follette School of Public Affairs in May 2014, and I am confident that my education and professional

background well qualify me to make a substantial contribution to your organization.

My experiences and values are a strong match for this position. I am specifically interested in your

organization’s focus on social injustice and poverty in Latino neighborhoods and in applying my

analytical skills to help address these problems. In the course of completing my master’s degree, I

developed strong quantitative skills, consistently met self-imposed deadlines, and produced work that

received praise from my faculty advisors. For example, as part of my Capstone Course final project,

completed for a local non-profit client, Centro Hispano, I conducted a literature review of over 40 articles

and books. As a result, I mastered large amounts of statistical information and identified issues in need of

further research in minority poverty. These research, writing, and analytical skills will serve me well as a

consulting analyst, as I can acquire expertise quickly and apply it to solve particular problems.

I also developed my leadership skills as the president of the Students for Haitian Relief Club, an

organization formed in response to the Haitian earthquake. Setting and exceeding a fundraising goal of

$10,000, I led a team in recruiting student donors. Capitalizing on a rivalry between two student

organizations, I created a competition-based fundraiser with prizes from local vendors. I thoroughly

enjoyed devising a creative path to reach and exceed a challenging goal. I believe working as a consultant

in your organization would allow me to apply my rigorous analytical training to generating resolutions to

the issues of poverty, inequality, and social injustice.

I welcome the opportunity to learn more about the policy analyst position and discuss my quantitative,

analytical, and leadership skills in more depth. I look forward to hearing from you and can be reached via

phone at 608-123-4567 or email at blafollette@lafollette.wisc.edu. I will follow up with you in one week

to ensure that you received my application materials. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Bobbi La Follette

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