Security guard cover letter
Security letters should state the post and the license in the first lines. A contractor reads those before any story. One duty from their orders is enough.
Resume tips for a security guard
How to open
Say armed or unarmed, the site type, and the credential you hold. If you are moving from a lobby to a patrol, say so rather than blurring the posts.
One order
Badges, a gate, a patrol round, or a camera desk is the proof. Mention the report habit if you wrote notes.
The shift
Overnights and weekends are often the job. Say whether you can work them.
Force, left out
Do not tell a use-of-force story in a letter. If the posting requires a credential for armed work, state the credential or do not apply.
An example paragraph
This is an example to adapt, not a letter from a real applicant. Use it only where every detail is true for you.
I am applying for an unarmed lobby post. I hold the registration this state requires, I have checked badges against a visitor log, and I wrote notes when access was refused.
What to skip
Skip a license you do not hold, a weapon story, and a claim that you have worked every site type. Skip confidential incident details.
Questions
- Do contract posts expect a letter?
- Often the packet is a form. Use any summary box for the post, the shift, and the credential.
- What if my card is from another state?
- Say where it was issued. Do not write it as if this state has already recognized it unless that is true.