An Application Letter (Draft 1)

Mark Gan

76 San Diego Lane

Singapore 329506

65-90000000

Corazon64@hotmail.com

January 10^th 2011

67 Ubi Ave. 1, #06-01
Starhub Green
Singapore 408942

Dear Hiring Professionals,

Geophysicist

I am enclosing, herewith, my CV, in response to your advertisement for the above post; recommended by Professor Graham Oliver of National University of Singapore, through your company’s website. Given my specific interest and institutional specialization in Physical Geosciences, Seismic Data Processing and analysis, combined with excellent touches of relevant Math know-how; these competences, I believe, would make the consummate Geophysicist of asset to Quantum Geoservices.

As developed in the CV, a pending degree in the field of Offshore Oil and Gas Technologies has enriched and exposed me, to most technical aspects and requirements of a Geophysicist’s; but more importantly, affirmed the merits of team-based camaraderie in an ever globalizing industry as such.

Appropriately, and given your drive for synergistic ethos; I, concomitantly, learned, practiced, then mastered, these relevant skills in a few industrial projects, one of note was jointly undertaken with Singapore Technologies Engineering Group; in which without prior knowledge and little favorable advice and guidance, to conceive, conceptualize; then design, manufacture, processe, test, analyze the viability and cost effectiveness of the embryonic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell.

Then, in characteristic youthful naviete; and facing the lack of time due to schoolwork and other CCA activities; funds due to the lack of priority and attention afforded mere student projects, supervised expertise due to conflicting time schedules; and even interpersonal and work ethic differences due to cross-culture;  I and my project quintet had to adjust, accommodate, compromise, ad-lib, expedite, exhort, and finally resolve every roadblock into a reasonable success: in the form of the final manufactured, workable, marketable, and user-friendly product. Under these circumstances, we could ill afford to bear any organizational, interpersonal, analytical, and professional weaknesses; in which we also learned, consequently and concurrently, the hard way; about these hard, and especially soft skills your company, in all certainty, will look favorably upon.

To put paid to these diverse, aforementioned skills; your company might be excited to know I had gained a selection of merit to the regionally well-known and prestigious Oil and Gas Asean conference, to participate and present a work of research and its findings, in front of a most venerated panel of judges and even better accomplished guests; inclusive of the most bitterly contended chance to network, with multifarious oil and gas firms, overseas and local; whose fields of industry and work scope were similar, if not an exact match, with yours.

Yet, as a self-styled fundamental, I am of the better perspective that most professional life-skills, hard and soft, organizational, interpersonal, or otherwise; themselves are framed in bigger and more significant experiences and lessons of life outside of academia and profession. Appropriately, through distance running sports and its furious training, racing and some leadership roles; not physical but mental discipline of the most high, is usually required of me at all times in life, consequently nurturing besides such a positive attitude, core skills and values, transcending profession and academia, but also the ability to make these enduring, thus endearing, because they have been made more internal; and in time of trial, supply me with resilience, versatile, and reliability.

I whole-heartedly believe my degree, work, and life experiences, in and out of Oil and Gas, will not only help Quantum Geoservices attain its goals, but take it to the next level as a global industry player. To that end, the post of Geophysicist might be all the better worthwhile and challenging I feel, and a soon to be reward for your faith, trust and vision in me.

With that, it is my pleasure to be contacted at the phone number or e-mail above, if you have any doubts or queries. Requests for references will be promptly returned with one, and I further look forward to hearing and speaking with you. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Mr Mark Gan


Enclosure

*Forget about issues with length; my main aim with this letter was to practice subtlety or being delicate and elegant. Comments to that end are eagerly anticipated, together with all other types anybody wants to make, for fun or real.*


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