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Cover Letter Rubric

A cover letter is a sales letter! Your objective is to sell yourself to the reader - make yourself a "match" for the organization to which you are applying. Your cover letter should be customized to one specific audience!

Rubric Code: GX79WBX

By lenaderrick

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Subject: English

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Cover Letter
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 4 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts
Organization	Excellent There is an introduction, body, and conclusion. There is also a proper salutation at the beginning with a precise contact name. The entire cover letter amounts to no more than a page in length. It makes for a great introduction to the resume.	Good Most of the organization is appropriate, but there are a few minor tweeks that could be made to make the resume complete.	Fair An attempt was made to organize the cover letter, but there are still significant problems that distract the viewer from reading it from top to bottom.	Needs Improvement The cover letter has little to no organization whatsoever, which could mean inconsistent fonts, no separation of paragraphs, or improper ordering of topics.
Content	Excellent The content within the main parts of the cover letter includes all of the necessary information about yourself (qualifications and strengths that pertain to the job), how you found the job, and how you will affect the company in the future.	Good A few minor pieces of content are missing that in are crucial in order to make the cover letter top-notch.	Fair There are significant parts of the cover letter that are missing or are inserted improperly.	Needs Improvement There is little to no content present in the cover letter. No effort was put forth in order to include the necessary information. It is missing all or almost all of the needed information (information about how you qualify for the job and your strengths pertaining to it, how you found the job, why you will be a good fit with the company).
Spelling and Grammar	Excellent There are no spelling or grammar errors throughout the entire cover letter.	Good There are a few minor misspellings or grammatical errors that will be easy to fix to make it look nice.	Fair There are either lots of misspellings or there is very little correct grammar present in the cover letter.	Needs Improvement There are lots of misspellings and weakness within the cover letter.
Call to action	Excellent A persuasive and motivating call to action. I would immediately call this writer for an interview.	Good A good call to action - it may elicit a phone call or email.	Fair A weak or timid request for action.	Needs Improvement No call to action present.