Cover Letter to enter UN YPP Examination (Information System and Technology)

Could anyone please revise this letter and comment on it;

Dear Hiring Manager for YPP,

I am addressing you to apply for the Young Professionals Program Examination Procedure in the field of Information Systems and Communication Technology.

As a post graduate in management with experience in Information Technology and Finance, I am confident that I fit the profile of Associative Information Technology Officer, as described in your official United Nations site.

Till recently I was associated with Deloitte as an Analyst and worked in the area of financial research, analysis and MIS reporting. In my role, I deployed various Software and Statistical applications to retrieve data from the capital market databases and perform valuable research on the companies that have prevailed across the globe. I was also involved in writing and updating Standard operating procedures (SOP) for projects and in training professionals in the use of software applications.

Before my stint with Deloitte I have done my Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Finance and Operations, where I have been awarded a merit scholarship for my academic performance and also for my contribution to the field of Finance and operations by publishing books and research papers.

My summer work experience as an intern with State Bank of India enabled me to gain an insight into the application of Information Technology to credit risk management system and the scope for the deployment of new tools.

Evidence of my programming skills can be seen in my responsibilities as software engineer with Infosys Technologies, where I captured the user requirements and designed documents and test cases for different phases of SDLC, created web pages by using HTML and JAVA and ensured connectivity to the database by using SQL and Oracle for a specific project. My stint with the firm has given me a sound knowledge of programming languages like Java, HTML, SQL, SPSS etc. and helped me learn how to develop and work on Software applications.

I am always indebted to my graduation in Electrical Engineering which had laid a strong foundation for honing analytical and software skills and improved my exposure to electrical design by using software like MATLAB. During my course our team developed an antigravity relay for magnetic levitation and demonstrated its commercial use in India.

I consider the actions of the United Nations Organization to be profoundly influential Worldwide, and therefore being part of this organization will provide me a good platform to apply my skills and also to acquire new skill sets.Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours Faithfully,
JSK

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Hi!!!.

Can anyone give feedback on my covering letter. I would like to seek the help of the members of the forum. The deadline to submit is fast approaching. It is urgent. I thank them in advance

Hello Jayaditya,

Took a look at your letter, I think it's very good as is but I see some things that you may be able to change around to make it better.

Since this is something being written in the hopes of getting a job you want to build interest in your content right of the bat and try to hold that interest so that they remember you long after they finish reading. Likely you are one of many applicants so you need to set yourself apart from the rest.

I am confident that I fit the profile of...this to me should be where you jump right into your qualifications, show them why they should hire you as early on as possible. Most likely this will just be skimmed over so you need to grab there attention IMMEDIATELY so that they want to keep reading.

keeping in line with the idea that it will be skimmed through you may want to simplify some of the spots where you might be overcomplicated things. Evidence of my programming skills can be seen....things like this should be shortened to whats needed so that the content is still there, but it isn't a longer read than it needs to be.

hope this response didn't come too late for you, good luck!!

Thanks Susan. I had already submitted the letter, as it was urgent. I shall incorporate the necessary changes in the letter for my future applications.

Regards,

J

jayadityasarma

Thanks Jayadity, its extremely helpful. I think you are on high position in UN.

Ghazanfar Abbas
Management Information Systems Officer
Save the Children International.