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September 12, 2008
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Dear [specific named individual]:
My comprehensive technology optimization experience in planning, building,
integrating, and deploying IT initiatives makes me exactly the kind of
value-added employee you need to capably contribute to the ongoing success
of your organization. My self-motivation and multi-tasking skills along with
proficiency in a wide variety of hardware, applications, and networking protocols
will enable me to significantly contribute to the [name of organization] team.
Specifically, I can offer the following to your bottom line:
The experience that makes me a value-added and innovative solution-provider
-- yet, at the same time, a down-to-earth, hands-on, hard worker with finely honed
troubleshooting skills;
A solid and extensive understanding of the systems technology that drives
today's businesses as well as a broad understanding of business and productivity
principles that effectively and seamlessly integrate technology with bottom-line
profitability;
The flexibility, adaptability, and solutions-driven mindset that enables
me to delve into complex systems functionality issues.
Frequently called upon to provide technical engineering support for implementing
and integrating, applications to optimize systems, I have consistently deployed
my skills to provide attainable solutions. One of my most rewarding accomplishments
was stabilizing a Fortune 500 company's infrastructure by examining areas where the
outages were occurring and then generating buy-in for implementing a
preventive-maintenance schedule that proactively rebooted systems during
scheduled downtimes and performing database cleaning during scheduled outages
to reduce unplanned outages. My plan reduced the number of high severity incidents
from multiple instances a week to less than one per quarter.
I look forward to providing superior systems-engineering expertise to manage and
optimize your service operations, and I am eager to assist with growing and
mentoring your highly skilled work team.
I'd like to meet with you to discuss adding value to your organization -- contributing
systems stability, incident reduction, and more -- as I've done for my previous
employers. I'll contact you in the near future to arrange a meeting. Should you
wish to reach me before then, please contact me using the information from this
letterhead. I appreciate your consideration.
