In Australia, a cover letter is the letter you email for an internship or job when a job offer was made public on a website like Seek or Indeed, or in a newspaper.
This cover letter must be:
You must adapt your CV and cover letter to the job ad. You must prove that you have the skills and competencies that are required for the job. You must also be honest: you can’t invent skills that you don’t have, or your potential employer will find out very quickly.
Motivation letter
A motivation letter isn’t like a cover letter in Australia. You send a motivation letter or spontaneous application letter when you try to get a job in an Australian company that didn’t specifically publish an ad for this job, or if you want to work as a volunteer in an organisation, for instance.
Australian companies rarely answer these applications, unfortunately.
Examples
Here is a very good Australian cover letter example for a chef in a restaurant. You can also find other examples of covers letters here. You can definitely send a CV and cover letter for a job in Australia even if you don’t live there. If you have the right skills, an employer might want to sponsor you.
What should you indicate in your Australian cover letter ?
The header must include :
Body of the letter :
Style, formatting etc.
Useful resources