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Objective:
To find a career job in which to showcase my talents and that will challenge me to grow.
PRACTICE COVER LETTER:
Dear Sirs,
My name is Tod Robbins. My purpose in writing you this letter is to express my interest in the ______________ position with your company that I discovered through _______________.Enclosed you will find a copy of my resume for you to peruse at your convenience as you might discover that my qualifications would be a suitable match for the open position.
It is important to mention that, along with my training and experience, I have excellent people skills and have had much success as a trainer/tutor. Please consider me for this position as I feel I would be an excellent addition to your already outstanding team. It will be a pleasure discussing with you how my skills and talents can be of use to your team.
PRACTICE COVER LETTER 2:
To whom it may concern,
Hello, my name is Tod Robbins and my purpose in writing you this letter is to express an interest in the manure disposal position that I became aware of through the local gossip. I feel I would fit in superbly with your team as I have over thirty years of experience in shovelling it out and piling it on and I tend to be the sort of person that brings out the best in those who work around me. I am definitely interested in working with a crew such as yours since you are the number three manure spreading organization right behind the two major political parties. It will be a pleasure sitting with you, once you've had a chance to look over my enclosed resume, to discuss how my skills and talents can be taken advantage of to further the spreading of manure by your organization.
Resume
Experience:
Sales Associate Radio Shack 02/99-Present
Sell a spectrum of electronic components and devices ranging from resistors to computers. Solve problems for customers in hooking up various devices from computer systems to school science projects. Taking care of all bank functions for a busy store operation with sales in excess of ,500 per day. Perform minor repairs on electrical equipment for customers. Ship and receive restock orders, new products, and repairs not done in store. Train new employees to be able to answer customer questions and solve their problems. Teach customers on how to maintain their computers, stereos, and other electrical devices. Research and solve store problems with inventory and cash drawer situations. Sell services like internet service, warranties, and long distance. Help store sales grow over a 10% average every month. Primary keyholder of store since summer (1999). Have been a large part of increasing customer base to where my store is one of the busiest and most profitable in the U.S. that is not in a mall.
Long Haul Truck Driver Esther Trucking 01/97-01/99
Long Haul Truck Driver Marquardt Transportation 02/95-12/96
Drove air freight truck from New York to Los Angeles and back every week for first seven months on the road. Drove flatbed and stepdeck trailer loads in all (48) contiguous states and Canada. Responsible for on time pickup and delivery of loads regardless of weather or mechanical failure. Loaded and unloaded many loads myself by driving on to trailer or using forklifts and cranes. Responsible for securing various loads to the trailers. Maintained tractor and trailer. Hauled a variety of loads to include hazardous, oversized, and fragile cargo. Solicited loads for both our and other company trucks. Marquardt Transportation was sold at the end of (1996) and Esther Trucking was one of the owner/operators that branched off after the sale. Had no chargeable accidents.
Time between Jobs_______________________________________ 06/94-02/95
Traveled across mainland U.S. visiting friends and family. Returned from travels to work odd jobs before a move from North Carolina to Colorado (10/94). Worked odd temporary jobs until starting truck driving school (11/94). Finished school (01/95) and traveled around country visiting friends and family until being employed above.
Material Handler Oxford University Press 03/91-05/94
Filled customer orders. Checked filled orders for quality control. Packaged orders to be shipped. Shipped packaged orders. Restocked warehouse. Handled special orders that needed to be done to perfection. Trained new employees and retrained coworkers in attempts to improve overall efficiency. Operated machines such as: pallet jacks, forklifts, order pickers, shrink wrap machines, cardboard packaging/labeling machines, and computers. My personal error rate was just under one error per month versus the company averages of two per day.
Education:
Heald College AA Electronics Technology 01/01-06/02
Other:
Team sports, Music, Reading, CDL, Special Olympics Coach, Teaching, Psychology/Sociology, Kayaking, Basic Electronics, MS Office 2000, PC Hardware, Basic HTML.
Resume 2
Objective To employ, utilize, and develop my skills to advance myself in to a career.
Experience
February 1999 to Present Radio Shack Kailua, HI
Sales Associate - Assisted managing of store with sales gains every month worked. Handled repairs, both in-store and shipped. Duties include training, shipping/receiving, payroll, inventory
January, 1997 to January 1999 Esther Trucking Lebanon, MO
February, 1995 to January, 1997 Marquardt Transportation Yankton, SD
Long-Haul Truck DriverPicked-up and delivered loads all across mainland United States. Loaded, unloaded, and secured loads on open flatbed trailers. Carried oversized, hazardous, and permitted loads.
Esther Trucking is leased on with Marquardt Transportation.
March, 1991 to May, 1994 Oxford University Press Cary, NC
Warehouse - Filled, checked, packaged, and shipped orders. Industry average error rate: 2.5 errors / day. Personal average error rate:1 error / month. Operated forklifts, pallet jacks, and packaging machines.
January, 1992 to September, 1994 Capital Ice Market Raleigh, NC
Ice Delivery - Was only after-hours iceman for Raleigh-Durham region.
Education 2001-2002 Heald Business College Honolulu, HI
AA Electronics Technology Graduated Summa cum laude
Personal References:
# 1) Thomas Stoll Vice President / Production Bodine
Known 27 Years
# 2) Douglas Barton VicePresident / Marketing Lorillard
Known 14 Years
# 3) Deedle Walker Owner Walker's Towing
Known 6 Years
Professional References:
Mike Kakazu, Manager Radio Shack January, 2001 to Present
Neal Oganeku, Manager Radio Shack February, 1999 to January, 2001
Mike Esther, Truck Owner, B&L Personnel January, 1997 to January, 1999
Ralph Marquardt, Truck Owner, B&L Personnel February, 1995 to December, 1996
Highway North, Yankton, SD 57078 (605)665-1053
Lance Scalsky, Shipping Leadman, Oxford University Press March, 1991 to May, 1994
2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513 (919)639-8184
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