Brilliant Cover Letters

Whilst I would definitely insist that you use bullet pointing in your CV, I

don’t believe it is necessarily desirable to use this when writing your cover

letter. I would generally recommend you stick to writing in full prose. It

is an opportunity to demonstrate your writing ability to the reader.

However, as always, there are exceptions to the rule. If your letter is

lengthy and there are some ideas that are best communicated in list form

then by all means use bullets. I’d recommend keeping it to a minimum

though.Your cover letter is not intended to duplicate your CV.

Consistency of layout

The formatting you use for your letter should be consistent