Write a cover letter for a career change
Writes a cover letter that explains a career change convincingly by linking your past results to the new role's needs.
The prompt
Write a cover letter for a career change.
The role and company: [ROLE, COMPANY]
Job description: [PASTE]
My background: [CURRENT FIELD, YEARS, KEY RESULTS]
Why I'm changing careers (my real reasons): [NOTES]
What I've done to prepare: [courses, projects, volunteering, side work]
Structure:
1. Opening: the role and a one-line reason this move makes sense.
2. Paragraph linking two transferable strengths to the role's main requirements, with evidence.
3. Paragraph showing commitment to the new field (preparation, projects, learning).
4. Close with confidence and a clear next step.
Rules: under 350 words; no apologising for the change; never invent achievements or details about the company; use [ADD DETAIL] where something is missing.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- ROLE, COMPANY
- PASTE
- CURRENT FIELD, YEARS, KEY RESULTS
- NOTES
- courses, projects, volunteering, side work
- ADD DETAIL
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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