Job Advertisement: http://www.ihgplc.com/index.asp?pageid=809
Dear Recruitment Manager,
Dear Recruitment Manager,
I hope you will consider me for the position of a Management
Trainee in InterContinential Hotels Group (IHG) South East & South West
Asia I-Grad Future Leaders Programme, as advertised on IHG website.
I desire for this position as I have always dreamed of
working in a hotel, managing its key operations as the team strives to enhance
the reputation and revenue of the hotel by providing excellent service and
value propositions to customers and corporate partners. It brings great joy to
me, envisioning people being surprised by excellent service, enjoying their
stay in hotels, which I feel is the closest thing to home. With IHG, I believe
I have this opportunity to fulfill this dream because I share the same goal,
which is making IHG the First Choice for Guests and Hotel Owners.
I will receive my Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical
Engineering from the National University of Singapore this June. My studies
have honed my critical thinking and analytic skills, which will benefit IHG in
decision-making, ideas creation and problem solving.
I held various leadership positions such as Vice Project Director
and Secretary of my Co-Curricular Activity, which trained my management and
interpersonal skills. Additionally, I have worked efficiently and effectively
with people of different cultures, most notably in New York with people of
different nationalities. While hospitality internship opportunities were hard
to come by for an Electrical Engineering student, I made it up by embarking on
vacation work which focuses on the fundamental of the hospitality industry;
Service.
I believe my skills are an excellent match with what you are
seeking, and I am excited about the opportunity to work with you.
With your permission, I will like to contact you in the next
few weeks to see if we can meet in person. For your review, I have enclosed a
resume. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Lee Jin Yuan
Hey Jin Yuan!
ReplyDeleteFor ease of reference, I extracted the job requirements.
We're looking for people with:
A bachelor's degree
Intellectual curiosity
Excellent interpersonal skills
Leadership qualities
Passion for the hospitality industry
I think you covered most of the requirements quite well except for the part on "intellectual curiosity". If there's anything that I have learnt from this application letter exercise, you should put up a thick face and explicitly mention the quality and cannot expect the person reading to read between the lines.
Somehow, I think you can elaborate further on your New York experience and insert how intellectual curiosity brought you there, just a suggestion.
I also felt you can highlight how you had the initiative to do move away from your comfort zone of engineering background to take part in service-based vacation work to pursue your interests in hospitality.