Cover Letter

Ulm, Germany

Dear Mr./Ms.:

Your opening paragraph should arouse interest on the part of the reader. Tell why you are writing the letter. Give information to show your specific interest in this company.

Your middle paragraphs should create desire. Give details of your background that will show the reader why you should be considered as a candidate. Be as specific as possible about the kind of job you want. Don’t make the reader try to guess what you would be interested in. Refer the reader to your general qualifications on your enclosed resume or other material.

In your closing paragraph, ask for action. Ask for an appointment suggesting a time when you will be available. A positive request is harder to ignore than a vague hope.

Sincerely yours,
Albert Einstein

Europass Curriculum Vitae			Albert Einstein http://alberteinstein.eurocv.eu Engineering
PERSONAL INFORMATION
First Name, Surname			Albert, Einstein
Email			demo@eurocv.eu
Telephone			+972-2-6585781
Fax			+972-2-6586910
Place and date of birth			Germany Ulm Württemberg 14-03-1879
Gender			Male
WORK EXPERIENCE
Date (from - to)			1933 - 1945
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector			Teaching
Occupation or position held			Professor of Theoretical Physics
Main activities and responsibilities			I emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton (I was formally associated with the Institute for Advanced Study located in Princeton, New Jersey). I retired from this post in 1945. After World War II, I collaborated with Dr. Chaim Weizmann in establishing the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Date (from - to)			1912 - 1933
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector			Teaching
Occupation or position held			Professor of Theoretical Physics
Main activities and responsibilities			I returned to Zurich to fill a similar post.
Date (from - to)			1911 - 1911
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector			Teaching
Occupation or position held			Professor of Theoretical Physics
Main activities and responsibilities			I became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague.
Date (from - to)			1909 - 1911
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector			Teaching
Occupation or position held			Professor Extraordinary
Main activities and responsibilities			I became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich.
Date (from - to)			1901 - 1909
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector			Swiss Patent Office
Occupation or position held			Technical Assistant
Main activities and responsibilities			As I was unable to find a teaching post, I accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Date (from - to)			1914 - 1914
Name and type of organisation providing education or training			Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered			In 1914 I was appointed Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute and Professor in the University of Berlin.
Title of certification awarded			Director
Date (from - to)			1896 - 1905
Name and type of organisation providing education or training			Swiss Federal Polytechnic School– Aarau (Switzerland)
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered			I was trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics.
Title of certification awarded			Doctor’s degree.
OTHER LANGUAGES
Native Language			German
Self-assessment			Understanding				Speaking				Writing
European level			Listening		Reading		Spoken interaction		Spoken production
English			C2	Proficient user	C2	Proficient user	C2	Proficient user	C2	Proficient user	C2	Proficient user
			Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas.			I gained numerous awards in recognition of my work, including the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1925, and the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1935.
SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (for example culture and sports), etc			In 1901 I acquired Swiss citizenship. In 1914 I became a German citizen and remained in Berlin until 1933 when I renounced my citizenship for political reasons and emigrated to America. In 1940 I became a United States citizen.
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports), at home, etc			During the 1920's I lectured in Europe, America and the Far East and I was awarded Fellowships or Memberships of all the leading scientific academies throughout the world.
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc			At the start of my scientific work, I realized the inadequacies of Newtonian mechanics and my special theory of relativity stemmed from an attempt to reconcile the laws of mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. I dealt with classical problems of statistical mechanics and problems in which they were merged with quantum theory: this led to an explanation of the Brownian movement of molecules. I investigated the thermal properties of light with a low radiation density and my observations laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. In my early days in Berlin, I postulated that the correct interpretation of the special theory of relativity must also furnish a theory of gravitation and in 1916 I published my paper on the general theory of relativity. During this time I also contributed to the problems of the theory of radiation and statistical mechanics. In the 1920's, I embarked on the construction of unified field theories, although I continued to work on the probabilistic interpretation of quantum theory, and I persevered with this work in America. I contributed to statistical mechanics by my development of the quantum theory of a monatomic gas and I have also accomplished valuable work in connection with atomic transition probabilities and relativistic cosmology. After my retirement I continued to work towards the unification of the basic concepts of physics, taking the opposite approach, geometrization, to the majority of physicists. (From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967 )
ARTISTIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Music, writing, design, etc.			Music played an important part in my life. I married Mileva Maric in 1903 and we had a daughter and two sons; the marriage was dissolved in 1919 and in the same yearI married my cousin, Elsa Löwenthal, who died in 1936.
OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Competences not mentioned above.			In 1916 I published my paper on the general theory of relativity. My more important works include Special Theory of Relativity (1905), Relativity (English translations, 1920 and 1950), General Theory of Relativity (1916), Investigations on Theory of Brownian Movement (1926), and The Evolution of Physics (1938). Among my non-scientific works, About Zionism (1930), Why War? (1933), My Philosophy (1934), and Out of My Later Years (1950) are perhaps the most important.