Cover letters

Cover Letter Builder

Your CV lists what you did. A cover letter says why it matters to this employer. Build one in three steps and download a PDF that matches your CV.

Start writing straight away. Your letter saves itself as you go.

How it works

Three sections and no blank page. You start from a full draft and replace what does not fit you.

  1. 1

    Add your details

    Name, job title, email, phone, city. It is the same header your CV uses, so the two documents arrive looking like one application.

  2. 2

    Name the company

    Organisation, contact person, address. A letter addressed to someone specific is the quickest way to show it was not mass-sent.

  3. 3

    Write the letter

    The draft already has the greeting and the sign-off in place. Replace the parts in brackets with your own, pick a template, download the PDF.

What belongs in a cover letter

Six parts. Leave one out and the letter reads as unfinished. Add more and it stops being read.

Your contact details

Name, phone, email and city at the top, styled like your CV. A recruiter who wants to call you should not have to open a second file to find the number.

Who you are writing to

The company name, and the hiring manager if you can find one. "Dear Hiring Manager" is perfectly fine. "To Whom It May Concern" reads as no effort at all.

An opening that says why

The role, where you saw it, and what made you apply. Two sentences. Skip the paragraph about how excited you are to see the opening.

One result, with a number

Not a summary of your CV. One thing you did, what changed because of it, and by how much. A number turns a claim into something checkable.

Why this employer

Something true about them that you could not have written about anyone else. This is the paragraph that separates a real letter from a filled-in template.

A close and your name

Thank them, say you would welcome a conversation, sign off. One line each. Then stop writing.

Templates that match your CV

Every design here shares its header with the CV template of the same name, so your application arrives as one piece. Pick one to start writing.

What gets a cover letter deleted

The same letter for everyone

If you could send it to any employer without changing a word, it tells the reader nothing. One paragraph written for them specifically is enough to fix it.

Repeating your CV

Your CV is already attached. A letter that walks through the same jobs in prose wastes the one chance you have to say something the CV cannot.

No company name anywhere

The clearest tell of a mass application. If you cannot find the hiring manager, at least name the organisation you are writing to.

A page and a half

Three or four short paragraphs on a single page. Anything longer gets skimmed, and skimming finds the weakest sentence first.

Questions people ask

Is the cover letter builder free?

Writing and previewing is free, and you can start without an account. You register when you download the PDF, which uses the same download credits as CVs.

Do I need an account to start?

No. Start writing and a temporary account is created for you in the background. The letter saves as you type, and it stays yours when you register properly.

How long should a cover letter be?

One page. Three or four short paragraphs, roughly 250 to 350 words. If it runs past a single page you are almost certainly repeating your CV.

What if I do not know the contact person?

Leave that field empty and the letter opens with "Dear Hiring Manager", which is completely normal. Naming the company itself still matters.

Will the letter match my CV?

Each template shares its header with the CV template of the same name. Same colours, same font, same arrangement of your contact details. Pick the pair and the two documents read as one application.

Can I change the greeting and the sign-off?

Yes. Both are part of the text you edit rather than something the template prints, so you can write "Dear Ms Ionescu" or end with "Kind regards" instead.

Your CV earns the look. The letter earns the call.

Start from a draft, replace what does not fit, and download a PDF that matches your CV.