Self-employed to employed cover letter example
Moving from self-employment, a cover letter answers the question an employer will have: why a job now, and will you fit a team? Say why, give an example of working to someone else's schedule, and name your card and training.
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Dean Fowler
Bristol · [email protected] · 07700 900244
8 October 2026
Ms Helen Marsh
Repairs and Maintenance Manager
Avonmead Homes
Brunel House, 2 Temple Way
Bristol BS2 0BY
Dear Ms Marsh
Application for Painter and Decorator, empty homes team
I am applying for the Painter and Decorator role in your empty homes team. I have run my own decorating business in Bristol for ten years, and I would now like the steady work and team of a maintenance service.
I already work to other people's plans. As a subcontractor I decorated 40 flats on each of two refurbishment sites, finishing each block on the contractor's programme, and I am used to working in homes that need to be ready for new tenants by a set date.
I hold a CSCS Skilled Worker card and the PASMA towers course, and I do my own surface preparation, papering, varnishing and wood stain. Two contractors and several regular customers have agreed to give references.
I can start after finishing my booked jobs, in four weeks. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Yours sincerely
Dean Fowler
Fictional letter from Dean Fowler, the applicant in the self-employed to employed CV example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Painter and Decorator role in your empty homes team. I have run my own decorating business in Bristol for ten years, and I would now like the steady work and team of a maintenance service.
The role, your business and why you want a job now.
I already work to other people's plans. As a subcontractor I decorated 40 flats on each of two refurbishment sites, finishing each block on the contractor's programme, and I am used to working in homes that need to be ready for new tenants by a set date.
Evidence you fit a team's schedule.
I hold a CSCS Skilled Worker card and the PASMA towers course, and I do my own surface preparation, papering, varnishing and wood stain. Two contractors and several regular customers have agreed to give references.
Card, training and who can vouch for you.
I can start after finishing my booked jobs, in four weeks. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Start date and a polite close.