Free Cover Letter Generator

The generator works from templates written for this site. Each template has three versions of the same letter, and every place where your story belongs is marked with a field. When you type, the field text drops into the letter exactly as you wrote it. The result reads like a letter written by a person, because the structure was, and the specifics come from you.

It does not invent facts about you. There is no AI writing step at the moment, so the letter never claims a skill, a result or a qualification you did not type. That matters: a recruiter who reads "I increased sales by 40%" will ask you about it in the interview. If you want help phrasing an achievement, start from the example in the field and replace every detail with your own.

You can also use the output as a first draft. Copy it into your own document, rewrite the opening line in your own voice, and keep the structure: why this job, proof you can do it, why this company, and a clear close.

Most good cover letters follow the same four-part shape, and every template here uses it:

• Opening: the role you want and one line on why you fit. Hiring teams often read many applications for one opening, so say what you are applying for in the first sentence.
• Evidence: one or two results from your work, study or volunteering that match what the job ad asks for. Concrete beats general: "cut response time from 9 hours to 3" says more than "hard-working".
• Fit with the company: something specific you know about the employer, its product, its customers or its mission. This is the part a generic letter cannot fake.
• Close: point to your resume, say you are available to talk, and thank the reader.

Keep it short. Harvard's career office advises keeping cover letters "concise and factual, no more than a single page", and every template here fits on one page with normal-length answers.

The five letter types share the same engine but stress different evidence:

• General: works for most applications when you have some relevant experience.
• Experienced professional: leads with years in the field and two results, one recent and one earlier, to show a track record.
• Entry level or graduate: leads with your qualification, coursework and a project, because that is your strongest proof so far.
• Internship: names your year of study, your program and your dates of availability, which internship coordinators need to see first.
• Career change: explains the move from your previous field, the skills that transfer and the training you completed.

If you are writing to a company with no open vacancy, use the letter of interest tool instead. If the employer asks for an "application letter" in a formal format, the application letter tool names the vacancy and where you found it.

How you send the letter depends on the application:

• Upload to a job portal: use the PDF. It is built from real text with embedded fonts, so it can be selected, searched and read by applicant tracking software. Greenhouse, a widely used hiring system, lists .pdf, .doc, .docx, .rtf and .txt as supported formats for cover letters.
• Email: copy the text and paste it into the body of the email, with the subject line shown under the preview. Attach your resume as a PDF.
• Plain text box in an online form: download the .txt file or use Copy text. Plain text pastes cleanly without stray formatting.

Name the PDF file clearly. The generator suggests the letter type plus your name, for example cover-letter-jordan-lee.pdf, so the recruiter can find it again.

Everything you type is stored in your browser's local storage on this device, under one record that all the letter tools share. That is why your name and email are already filled in when you open the thank you email or the resignation letter tool later. Nothing is sent to a server, and there is no account to create. The PDF is built inside your browser too. To remove your details, press "Clear my details", or clear this site's data in your browser settings.

Here is the general cover letter in the formal tone, filled with the sample details shown in each field. Read it to see how short answers turn into full sentences, then load the same sample into the generator above and replace it piece by piece with your own story.