[real-eyes] Re: the cover letter

  • From: "Nancy VanSandt" <maxvanwon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:30:55 -0600

Good job Ruthie, not pretentious at all!
Nancy Van Sandt
Medical Transcriptionist
MT Trainer
Phone:  620-442-4981
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "& Ruthie" <chaosynchronous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:13 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] the cover letter


> Thanks to you guys for this...Reggie, and Jose can ignore it, grin.
> Dear Mr. Carver,
>
> I am very interested in the opportunity to provide a company I love and 
> respect with the knowledge and skills I possess in the position of a 
> Technical Support
> Representative.  I have been using Freedom Scientific products as my 
> primary means of accessing computer systems for six and a half years and 
> as my primary
> means of reading printed material for nearly that.  While my knowledge of 
> other Freedom Scientific products is not as developed, I am a fast learner 
> and
> have highly developed research skills.
>
> I have held two separate jobs for which I was solely responsible for 
> making sure that the software used for the job was accessible, not only to 
> myself,
> but to all other blind employees as well.  When I began using Jaws for 
> Windows, I was given simple instruction, only the information I would need 
> to start,
> edit and save a word document.  In the six and a half years since this 
> very basic instruction, I have taught myself many things, including 
> editing configuration
> files, createing and editing frames, and creating basic scripts in order 
> to make programs that are marginally accessible straightforward for users 
> of all
> skill levels.
>
> For years now, I have received emails and phone calls from people that 
> need help with their screenreader, OCR or other accessibility software and 
> hardware.
> They know that even if I do not use a product, I know how to find the 
> answers they need.  And while this has been enjoyable for me, I would 
> greatly appreciate
> the opportunity to help these people on a professional basis.
>
> While technical skill is probably the most important facet of this 
> position, next in importance is most certainly the high level of skill in 
> interpersonal
> communication necessary to effectively assist customers with technical 
> issues that they find to be complicated and frustrating.  With my previous 
> experience
> dealing with patients of a local VA hospital combined with my commitment 
> to do the very best by every customer I may come in contact with, I 
> believe I
> have the skills necessary to handle caller concerns from the mundane to 
> the bizarre.
>
> Please feel free to contact me using the above information if you have any 
> questions.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ruthanna Clark
>
>
>
> Ruthie &
>
>  Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
>
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> AOL and Yahoo Messenger ID:  chaosynchronous
>
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