{"id":37,"date":"2016-09-14T21:35:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T04:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogofsam\/?p=37"},"modified":"2016-09-14T21:35:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T04:35:38","slug":"application-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogofsam\/2016\/09\/14\/application-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abbotsford, B.C. V4X 2B7<br \/>\ns.langley@alumni.ubc.ca<br \/>\nSeptember 14, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Section 99A of ENGL 301<br \/>\nUniversity of British Columbia<br \/>\n397 &#8211; 1873 East Mall<br \/>\nVancouver,\u00a0BC\u00a0Canada\u00a0V6T 1Z1<\/p>\n<p>ATTENTION: Members of ENGL 301 Section 99A<\/p>\n<p>Please consider my application as a professional writing team member as requested in assignment 1:2 on the course webpage.\u00a0 With many years of experience with writing at a university level coupled with experience acquiring and maintaining employment, I will make a great asset to your writing team.<\/p>\n<p>My career as a student has allowed me to develop critical thinking skills and the ability to express these ideas through writing.\u00a0 In the course LFS 250, I was able to work with team members to produce a report detailing a community based project directed towards various stakeholders in the community.\u00a0 As a group we were praised for our ability to work together and produce a well written document.<\/p>\n<p>As a Registered Veterinary Technician, I am constantly required to communicate with colleagues through written means.\u00a0 This includes maintaining professional tone and writing clear concise details regarding case specifics.\u00a0 Through this line of work, I have also developed exceptional skills in maintaining formatting standards in medical records.<\/p>\n<p>I am a diligent and well organized student.\u00a0 I prefer to create a strategy and plan for assignments before jumping directly into them.\u00a0 This allows me to take time for essential revisions and editing to produce a quality final product.\u00a0 However, my work does not always have the finesse I am seeking.\u00a0 I often feel limited in my word choices or can\u2019t quite grasp those eloquent phrases to create smooth flow in my writing.<\/p>\n<p>For those looking for a purposeful and thoughtful writing team member I can promise my full commitment to the team and this course.\u00a0 I am seeking members who are able to help me develop more finesse and elegance in my writing through constructive critique.\u00a0 As students, we often limit ourselves to learning strictly from a book or a professor but I believe there is so much we can learn from each other.\u00a0 To discuss my ideas and experiences further, I can be reached by email at: <a href=\"mailto:s.langley@alumni.ubc.ca\">s.langley@alumni.ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your consideration,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nSamantha Langley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogofsam\/files\/2016\/09\/301-Samantha-Langley-Application-Letter.docx\">Link to application letter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbotsford, B.C. 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