Brilliant Cover Letters

name (just your first name and last name) at the very top, followed by

your key contact details – address, phone number, email address and so

on. Place your address on one line, with your phone numbers on the next,

and finish with your email address.

Problematic names

I regularly attend recruitment events promoting diversity in the workplace

– events that naturally are also attended by a high proportion of individ-

uals of various different ethnic origins.They often ask me questions along

the lines of:

G What if your name is difficult for the average English speaker to

pronounce?

G Do you have to state your ‘official’ name, i.e. as on your passport?

G