Analysis of schematic structure of job application letters of a Malaysian company / Muhamad Izzat Rahim and Mazliyana Zainal Arifin

• Main Authors: Rahim, Muhamad Izzat, Zainal Arifin, Mazliyana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang 2014
• Subjects: Applications for positions. Résumés. Employment portfolios. Including cover letters for job applications
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11978/1/AJ_MUHAMAD%20IZZAT%20RAHIM%20EAJ%2014.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11978/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The study aims to investigate the schematic structure used by Malaysian job applicants in writing job application letters. Fifteen job application letters from a Malaysian company were analysed. The study adopted genre analysis method to analyse the letters. Bhatia (1993)’s move structure framework...