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Surefire Cover-Letter Technique:
Project and Team Collaboration Success Stories

 

This article details one of the types of stories job-seekers can tell in a cover letter and provides examples of how to tell that type of story for job-search success.

 

Stories Describing Specific Team Projects You've Led or Collaborated on, Including Results.

 

More than five years of high performance in retail banking and the direct-investment industry in a recently emerging market -- Vietnam -- has provided me with exceptional experiences and strong connections with decision-making officials in the private and public sectors. Leading a small team to reorganize a Vietnamese bank virtually from scratch, I was apprehensive about the overwhelming challenges, yet excited to exercise my leadership skills. The result exceeded all expectations; not only did we stabilize the bank, but we also managed to raise $2 million in equity. After completing the successful reorganization, I earned a promotion to deputy managing director, the youngest manager in the Vietnamese banking industry.

 

I have demonstrated my aptitude for client management and relationship building by successfully reconstructing a damaged relationship with a major financial institution and creating the flagship office for this global engagement team. In these capacities, I have consistently proven my ability to mold a diverse team of experts to form cohesive plans and successfully complete projects.

 

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