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Application Letter
Block 114
Tampines Street 11 #10-171
Singapore 521114
07 February 2010
Mobile: 91597050
Email: kennethanm@yahoo.com.sg
Bloomberg L.P.
23 Church Street
Capital Square #12-00
Singapore 049481
Dear Sir/Mdm,
FX/Derivatives Data Analyst-Job Requisition Number: 24841
I am applying for the above job position found on Bloomberg's career page. My keen interest in financial instruments have lead to a search for reliable sources of information available to all, hence Bloomberg. I believe information is power and I would like to work in a field which comprises of financial instruments.
I am a highly motivated individual in my final year of studies, majoring in Statistics at the National University of Singapore(NUS). I am equipped with pc-skills including basic C programming language. I have a sound knowledge of currencies, the fundamentals that can move the market etc. For example, how the release of Non-Farm Payroll and interest rate decisions can affect the market. I have started a demo trading account in January 2010 with +84 pips.
My qualifications also include excellent communication skills,a good team player and effective research skills. Projects in school have honed my skills in the above areas. I have references from my previous employer supporting the above. Being a Statistics major, I had taken many modules that require good analytical skills. As English is the language of choice while doing projects, I am fluent in the language. Although I am not fluent in Japanese, I am willing to learn. During my time in National Service (NS), I was appointed into my unit's safety committee on top of my vocation. My role is to spot ,report and remove hazard areas in the camp. I have to be detailed oriented to fulfill my role in the committee. I held 3 appointments during NS which indicates my ability to multi task and good organization skills. Being independent is also needed as often I had to finish my tasks without the help of my peers. I am awarded best soldier of the month before the end of my service and had an "outstanding" grade for both conduct and performance. This shows that I fulfilled the role of all the appointments held well.
I believe that I can be an asset to the team being a highly motivated and detailed oriented individual. I do hope you will look favourably at my application. I look forward to meeting you in person to further discuss what my enclosed resume is not able to furnish. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Goh Hanming Kenneth
Job Description, Link is http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job24841.html
FX/Derivatives Data Analyst Job Requisition Number: 24841 Asia Pacific Singapore - SGP
The Company
Bloomberg is the leading global provider of financial data, news and analytics. The
BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service and Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.
The Role
Bloomberg Global Data in Singapore is looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join the Currency/Derivatives Pricing Team. In this role, the data analyst will track all aspects of the currency/credit derivative and derivative markets pricing. The analyst will have the opportunity to interact with Bloomberg customers and various contributors. Responsibilities include price verification, creation and maintenance of tickers, responding to currency pricing related helpdesk queries and working closely with programming to address internal programming requests.
Qualifications
¿ Excellent communication and PC skills
¿ Knowledge of Currencies and/or Futures & Options is a plus
¿ Effective research and analytical skills
¿ Must be organized, detail-oriented, and have the ability to multi-task
¿ Must work well in a team environment, as well as independently
¿ Fluent in English
¿ Fluency in Japanese language is an added advantage.
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Hi Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting job vacancy you have because I have never looked at vacancies in this field.
The application letter you have written has the appropriate writing approach of first explaining the purpose of sending your resume, getting the employer interested in your resume as well as targeting it to the job requirements. These are clearly evident from the structure where you have a clear introduction, body and conclusion with each portion being clear and to the point.
You have clearly focused on the required qualifications, skills and experience relevant to the job as described in the job vacancy post by matching and illustrating these qualities in yourself. However, I do not think ‘excellent communication skills, a good team player and effective research skills’ should be discussed as your qualifications, they should rather be labelled as your skills (third paragraph, first line).
Moreover, a few things to note would first of all be that you should address the letter to a named person, not ‘Sir/Mdm’. If it is not possible to find out the name of this person, address it to the position that will be involved in hiring or interviewing for the position.
Also, be careful about the correctness of your language as words like ‘PC-skills’, ‘ multi-task’ and ‘detail-oriented’ have already been mentioned in the vacancy post and so, there should not be any error in the application with regards to the correctness of the post.
There are also some slips into the present tense in your application, which when corrected should be - ‘I have taken many modules…’ and ‘My role was to spot,…’. These are prevalent when you talk about your NS experience. Make sure you proofread your essay with special attention to this. It is also probably a good idea to break the third paragraph into two – one that describes your qualifications and the second that describes your experience in NS.
I especially liked your last concluding statement stating your willingness to learn Japanese in spite of not having this skill. You have given a good idea of your work potential and personality in a very clear and succinct manner and your frankness with regards to Japanese further shows that you are not falsifying.
Hope my suggestion help. All the best ;)
Regards,
Prameet
Hi Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteYour application is keep short and concise, it is very easy to read and understand. Good job.
Some improvements may be as such:
1. Your may want to start off the application letter with “" Please find enclosed my CV, which I am forwarding to you as an application for the position of......." It is an easy start. Also because application letters are almost always accompanied by cover letters.
2. I agree with Prameet that “excellent communication skills,a good team player and effective research skills” should be mentioned as your skills and not qualifications.
3. For this paragraph, “My qualifications also include excellent communication skills,a good team player and effective research skills. Projects in school have honed my skills in the above areas. I have references from my previous employer supporting the above.” I am puzzled by how does employer come into the picture? The previous sentence was relating to your project experience, perhaps you can rephrase this part? However, it is a very good thing to mention that you have available referees to prove your competency and this is usually a plus point in many cases.
4. Lastly, the sentence “I do hope you will look favourably at my application.” To me it does sound a little strange, like you are asking for a favour which may hint biasness. Some may be find with it but more picky ones might probably guess there may be a hidden meaning.
Overall your application draft fulfils the 7Cs requirement and attracted my attention when I read it (even made me interested to see how you are going to contribute), although the slips in grammar can be improved.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Shu Yan
Hi Kenneth,
ReplyDeleteIt is easy to see from your post that you paid close attention to the requirements of the position and had shown that you fulfill those requirements sufficiently. The post is also very concise and clear such that it is easy for the reader to understand.
The only thing I can point out, aside from what Prameet and Shu Yan had mentioned, is a slight problem with the sentence structure.
For the sentence "I held 3 appointments during NS which indicates my ability to multi task and good organization skills.", it says that you have the ability to good organization skills. This is clearly quite awkward, so something should be added before the word 'good'. Below is a possible suggestion:
"I held 3 appointments during NS which indicates my ability to multi-task and testifies to the good organization skills that I have."
Also for this part "I believe that I can be an asset to the team being a highly motivated and detailed oriented individual." The sentence had an unnatural break in the middle between the words team & being. A better way of phrasing may be this " Being a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual, I believe I can be an asset to the team."
Regards,
Si Xiao