PERSONAL AND BUSINESS LETTERS

PERSONAL AND BUSINESS LETTERS

There are two main types of letters :

1.     Personal (Private) Letters :

This kind of letters is usually sent by a personal to another person or to an  office telling about his personal matters. He can tell everything he feels in his letter.

Personal letters do not follow certain  limitations

2.    Business Letter

When somebody writes a letter to his boss in the office or when he applies for a job he must write a business letter. He cannot tell everything he feels. He write things to the point, because the person he writes the letter to is always busy and doesn’t have much time to read long letters. A business letter always follows certain regulations.

Read an example of employment letters. Here is an application from Anisa T.Devi to Pindo Deli Corporation in Karawang,West Java.

                                                                             Tasikmalaya,30 May 2006

Mr.Tommy Harry A

Personal manager of

Pindo Deli Corp.

KIIC,Karawang

West Java

Dear Sir,

          Referring to your advertisement in the Kompas newspaper published on January 10 about a vacancy in your office, herewith, I would like to inform you that I can meet the requirements for being a typist.

          The enclosed,qualifications summary provides the details of my education and work experiences.

          I do not mind at all having an interview with you whenever you think it necessary.

Yours faithfully

Anisa T.Devi

Read an example of based on the job vacancies dated 19 july 2006 below

                                                URGENTLY REQUIRED

 An International leading manufacture and distributor of a wide range equipmnet is looking for the following position :

 ACCOUNTING STAFF

QUALIFICATION :

·         Male/Female (Max 30 years old)

·         D-III / S-1 Degree

·         Min 2 years experience in similar position

·         Fluent in English both oral and written

·         Computer literal

·         Knowledgeable in taxation

 Please send your application,detail CV, recent photgraph within 2 weeks to :

                                                    P.O.BOX 4188

                                                JAKARTA 10041

Read an example of “the letter of order”

Dear Mr.Fumashita

Many thanks for your quotation and catalogue about the mini off-set printer which arrived last week.

We are now more convinced that the machine will be very suitable for the market in ur country and therefor we would like you to send us :

20 units of mini off-set printer type YMOP-417 at once :

Our orders is subject to your term of payment , viz. Payment against bill of exchange at 60 days,less 2 ½ percent.

If this first order is executed satisfactorily, we will be happy to place further business with you.

Yours Faithfully,

Sadam Putera

The Import Manager


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