Expert: Kitty Kavey - 5/22/2006

Question


hey kitty,
thanks for all your helpful info! hopefully this is the last question! i was wondering what you usually put on a cover letter? i'm a little foggy on that!
 you don't know how helpful you have been!
        --elise

Answer
If when you call to confirm the address they tell you to address letters to a person or a department, start out the letter to them; i.e. Dear Mr. Tom Smith or Attention: New Faces.  You might want to start out with your name age and location, then follow with your stats.  The order is not so important, so much as making sure that you include contact information, and stats.  If you can, include a brief paragraph about yourself - but by all means, keep it short.  An example might be:
Hi!  My name is Sally Wilson.  I'm a junior on the honor role at Mt Washington High, and am seeking agency representation for commercial print modeling and acting in film and television.
I'm a Cuban/French mix, and can speak both Spanish and French fluently.  I have dark brown hair and green eyes, and am 5'7 tall with measurements of 34b-24-34.  I have enclosed my composite card for your review.  If you're interested in my look, I can be reached via telephone or email: 123-555-1212, Name@email.com.
Thank you,
Sally.
Of course you'll put your own personality into it, but you have about half a page to work with before it's getting too long.  Try to remain professional and interesting without getting into extraneous details like your boyfriend, how much you want to be a model, that you're only available on weekends, that you don't have any photos, etc.  Believe it or not, I've gotten letters like that!
Good luck to you,
~Kitty