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LETTER 5-25: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
While maintaining her professionalism, this candidate allows her sense of humor to shine
through—a refreshing change from the many other letters the ad produced.
Ms. Adrienne R. Hilman
Rivers, O’Sean & Lake RE: Your ad for an
P.O. Box 4356 Executive Secretary
San Diego, CA 09876 City Times, 11/20/XX
Dear Ms. Hilman:
Thank you for advertising for an Executive Secretary to work with your top
partners. Until I saw your advertisement, I thought no one would appreciate the
unusual combination of skills I can offer!

You’ll find my resume enclosed with this letter. Allow me to present the
highlights here:
Superior dictaphone skills, steno at 100 words per minute, typing at
95 words per minute with word processing such as...
...Microsoft Word for Windows for PC and MAC, WordPerfect and
Lotus 1-2-3, all of which I have mastered (along with a basic knowledge
of Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint) through...
...Four years at General Electric and three years at a Miami-based law firm,
specializing in medical malpractice, which accounts for my...
...professionalism in dealing with the public, attorneys, physicians, emotional
clients, and the media...
...as well as my experience making travel arrangements for overworked
lawyers who wish to escape all this!

As an administrative assistant at a smaller firm, I am anxious to assume the
additional responsibilities described in your ad. I hope you will contact me for an
interview; my address and phone number are printed above. Thank you for
considering me.
Sincerely,

Ruth Gorham-Black
Enc: Resume
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