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LETTER 5-109: DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION—

Dr. Louis Dresser-Smythe CAREER CHANGE
Director of Administration
State University
St. Albans, VT 09876
RE: Director of Human Resources and Administrative Services
Dear Dr. Dresser-Smythe:
The position described in your advertisement seems to have been written for me. I
possess the precise qualifications you seek, and have been searching for just this
opportunity to apply my business background to academic life.
Allow me to elaborate on the enclosed resume to demonstrate the strengths I can bring to
your institution.
Human Resources Expertise: My employee relations responsibilities have made me
skilled at conflict resolution, staffing, development, and personal counseling. For
administrative hiring and staff recruiting, I develop position profiles, direct and provide input
for employee evaluations and compensation, supervise training and benefits
administration, ensure legal compliance and advance policy.
Administrative Expertise: Acting as the de facto Director of Administration, I supervise
office and facilities services, marketing administration, and the research library. Because I
have successfully directed projects involving the structuring and implementation of a library
catalogue, office redesign, equipment planning and acquisition, marketing database
design, and planning a newsletter series, I can spearhead these and other initiatives on
your behalf.
Exceptional Written Communication Skills: My ongoing work creating policy
statements, project summaries, and correspondence for myself and the company’s senior
management provides you with a valuable on-staff resource.
Throughout my successful career, I have maintained my connection to academia through
my graduate studies in the sociology of education. The university environment is one in
which I am well versed, challenged, and entirely comfortable.
I would welcome the opportunity to apply my skills and expertise in an academic setting
such as yours. I offer you, in return, a colleague with the focus and ability to perform
effectively under pressure—talents refined through 12 years in a fast-paced corporate
setting.
Sincerely,

B. Martha Gordon
(555) 456-7890 work

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