Cover Letter & Resumes: What I Can Do For You

As my prospective boss or champion of a new venture, I want to demonstrate and reflect what it is I can do for you. Because where the rubber meets the world road that is exactly what you are after from an employee and/or partner in your company.

 

My skills:

 

1.       Industrial Engineering. College educated. 3+ years experience. (See:IE RESUME.)

 

1.1.    Plant Layout and Analysis – in prior jobs, I developed Autocad floor layouts, redesigned and projected future assembly, manufacturing and warehouse configurations for facilities in the 400,000 square foot range.

 

1.2.    Capacity Studies – determined maximum operating capacity under current methods and evaluated future expectations based on customer’s needs and programs.

1.2.1.        In Manufacturing, molding press time, WIP storage along with outsourced product information helped define maximum capacity of a facility under current paradigms.

1.2.2.        In Warehousing, limitations were based on usable docks, dock space, turns of inventory, reserve slots, forward pick slots, pallets moved per hour and cases selected per hour or day.

 

1.3.    Budgetary Analysis – developed operating budget for 380 personnel at various operating and employee performance levels in a food distribution center.  (Annual budget of $16.1 million dollars.)

 

1.4.    Project Management – oversaw $250,000 facility modification project to increase SKU count by 20%, pick-to-pallet density and full utilization of storage space while maintaining current 24-7 operation levels for Kroger Co. in a food distribution center. (Sample: Excerpt of IWI Project.)

 

1.5.    Database Management – incorporated current labor standards package and Access database program tools to create a more useful reporting program for senior management and employee usage.  Co-developed automated incentive program to address employee incentive package and reduce errors in reporting, recording and payout.

 

2.       Technical Writing. 4 years experience with several projects using statistical analysis, organizing research and creating graphics for a business plan, baseball history book and labor standards manual. (See: Freelance Resume.)

 

2.1.    Business Plan – Consignment shop business applying for a SBA loan. (See: Neat Repeat’s Business Plan.)

2.1.1.        SWOT Analysis, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Historical Financials compiled in plan.

2.1.2.        Ownership history, resume, competition analysis, market demographics and consignor study completed.

 

2.2.    Baseball Book – Utilize quality control-like measurements to define shifts in baseball play. Incorporated research from over 400+ sources, utilized databases for statistics capture and integrated biographical and pictorial information to add depth and flavor to project. (See: Chapters of Bringin’ Gas and Dialin’ 9 here.)

 

2.2.1.        Hitting across eight, 14-year eras

2.2.2.        Pitching across eight, 14-year eras

2.2.3.        Negro League History and Biographies

2.2.4.        Ballparks & Stadiums across the Eras

2.2.5.        General Management, Scouting and Sabermetrics

2.2.6.        Franchise histories (Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox)

2.2.7.        Managers, Broadcasters & Umpires (not included in file)

2.2.8.        Salary Escalation

2.2.9.        World Series overview (not included in file)

2.2.10.    Performance Enhancers & Drug usage in The Steroid Era

 

2.3.    Labor Standard Manual – wrote guide to help supervisors understand the concepts of performance ratings, time studies, safety factors and incorporated incentive plans.

 

2.3.1.        History of time studies and how they should be used

2.3.2.        Proper ways to take a time study and regard for the employee (allowances for fatigue)

2.3.3.        Considerations for safety, delays and poor machinery (downtime) when applied to labor standards

2.3.4.        Usage of MTM, MOST, MSD and other pre-determined time standards

 

3.       Blogger. 3 Years experience. (Yahoo 360, Blogspot and WordPress sites.)

 

3.1.    Current Events, Politics, Economics, Sports, Biographies, Personal History and Entertainment are the primary blogs on these sites.

3.2.    Limited experience is SEO techniques.

3.3.    Limited design experience of website.

 

 

I consider myself a self-starter and able to find ways to get the job done.

 

But I am not looking for just a run-of-the-mill opportunity. The positions and projects I have engaged in have increased my desire for a meaningful, challenging and motivating career path. Not staying put in an office or cubicle or walking the floor of a warehouse. Those things are daily tasks; not conducive to my personality or my variety of interests.

 

I can be employed to figure out the answers/options.

 

Compile information and design or develop a vision of what it should be.

 

Work towards an ultimate goal; and see it through to its conclusion.

 

And the compensation…that can be discussed later.

 

I, like many others, have short suits or lack a trump card in this most recent hand of life. I am looking to deal myself a better hand to bet on. I hope you’ll stake me in this game called work, a job, a career, a destiny.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jason