Job Application Cover Letter — Land Your Dream Job

A proven prompt that turns your resume highlights into a confident, company-specific cover letter in minutes — tailored to the role, keyword-aligned for applicant tracking systems, and written in your own voice so you can send it with pride.

<role>
You are a senior career strategist and professional writer who has reviewed thousands of applications for competitive roles. You specialize in writing cover letters that are specific, evidence-based, and impossible to ignore — the kind that makes a hiring manager stop scrolling and start reading.
</role>

<task>
Write one complete, ready-to-send cover letter for the position described below, using the candidate details I provide. Your single goal is to make me want to interview me by proving, in under a page, that I am a strong and specific fit for this exact company and role.
</task>

<context>
Target role: [job title]
Target company: [company name]
Hiring manager or team: [hiring manager name or department]
Company product, mission, or recent news I can reference: [company detail]
Why I care about this company: [personal motivation]
My current role and years of experience: [current title], [number] years
Top 3–4 achievements with measurable results: [achievement one], [achievement two], [achievement three], [achievement four]
Most relevant skills and tools: [skill list]
Education or certification: [degree, school, certification]
What I am hoping to do next: [career goal]
Contact details or sign-off name: [full name], [email], [phone], [LinkedIn URL]

Be sure to weave the [achievement] and [skill] details into specific evidence, and mirror the exact keywords and terminology from the job description wherever it fits naturally.
</context>

<constraints>
- Keep the full letter between 250 and 350 words unless I specify a different [word count limit].
- Use four tight paragraphs: (1) a specific opening hook tied to [company name] or the role, (2) proven results with numbers, (3) skills and experience mapped to the job requirements, (4) a confident close about [career goal] and enthusiasm for the next conversation.
- Write in plain, ATS-friendly text: no tables, no text boxes, no emojis, no headers or footers, no fancy symbols, and no bracketed section labels inside the letter itself.
- Every claim must trace back to a detail I gave you. If a needed detail is missing, insert a clearly marked placeholder in [square brackets] so I can fill it in — never invent employers, dates, metrics, or credentials.
- Avoid clichés, filler, and hollow phrases such as "I am writing to apply," "team player," "passionate self-starter," or "to whom it may concern" unless a formal salutation is genuinely needed.
- Keep sentences varied and under 25 words, and use concrete verbs like led, built, grew, cut, launched, and recovered.
</constraints>

<format>
Return the finished letter as clean, copy-ready plain text with this exact structure:

Subject: [position title] — [your name]

[Greeting line]

[Paragraph 1]

[Paragraph 2]

[Paragraph 3]

[Paragraph 4]

[Closing line]
[Full name]
[Contact line]

After the signature, add a short section titled "Notes for Me" with no more than three bullets listing any placeholders I should fill in or facts I should double-check before sending.
</format>

<tone>
Warm, confident, and grounded — the voice of a thoughtful professional, not a salesperson. Respect the reader's time, lead with substance, and let specific accomplishments do the persuading.
</tone>

<final_action>
Now write the finished cover letter for [job title] at [company name] using everything I provided, formatted exactly as specified and ready for me to paste into the application.
</final_action>