Free Cover Letter Template (Fillable PDF)

A ready-made cover letter — with a sample text you personalize — in the same three designs as our resume templates.

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The cover letter has your name, headline and contact details at the top, then the date, the recipient's name and address, a salutation, a four-paragraph sample letter, the closing and your name.

The sample text follows a proven structure: why you're writing and your strongest qualification; a concrete achievement from your current job with a number; why this company; and a polite close. Replace each [placeholder] with your own details.

Choose Classic, Modern or Minimal to match your resume, and US Letter or A4.

How to use it

  1. 1

    Match your resume

    Pick the same design as your resume so the application looks consistent.

  2. 2

    Address a real person

    Find the hiring manager's name if you can — it beats "To whom it may concern".

  3. 3

    Personalize the sample

    Replace every [placeholder] and add one specific achievement.

  4. 4

    Merge and send

    Combine the cover letter and resume into one PDF with pdfty's Merge tool if the job ad asks for a single file.

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