Cover Letter (Post#3) [UPDATED]

MOHAMMAD HASAN

25 Prince Georges Park, #02-07, Singapore (118424) | +65 84095154 | mohammadhasan@nus.edu.sg

19^th September, 2012

Human Resource Manager

Credit Suisse AG (Investment Banking)

One Raffles Link, #03-01/#04-01

Singapore 039393

Application for internship at Credit Suisse as a Summer Analyst

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a 3^rd year Electrical Engineering student at National University of Singapore, doing my Bachelor’s degree. I am eager to join Credit Suisse as a summer intern because I believe I possess the necessary qualities required for the job. A senior of mine recently shared his working experience at Credit Suisse with me; with these new insights about the working environment and overall culture of the company I was very impressed. In addition, I attended a career talk organized by Credit Suisse on NUS campus. This career talk propelled me to apply for this internship.

In the career talk, the presenters specified they look for characteristics like leadership, effective communication, analytical skills etc. in candidates. With my engineering background and programming experience I am certain that I possess the problem solving skills that your company is looking for. During a university project, I built a working prototype of an automatic artifact protection control system for museums by programming a microcontroller board, which required me to analyse and solve problems on a daily basis throughout the project.

Besides analytical skills, I am also highly competent at communicating and dealing with people. I am able to communicate and articulate my thoughts effectively. I have scored 8.5 out of 9 in the world’s most popular English language proficiency test, called International English Language Testing System (IELTS); which goes to show the validity of my claim. Moreover, through doing many projects at university and holding vital positions at different clubs, I have gained invaluable interpersonal skills and grown accustomed to working in a team to achieve a common goal. For instance, I was the IT Director of Bangladeshi Students Committee and had to fully coordinate the production of the club’s T-shirt from designing to printing under a strict timeline. Just before two days of the launch of the t-shirts, the manufacturer informed us they cannot deliver on time due to some technical problems. I had to think on my feet about my next course of action because I had to meet the deadline. I called multiple manufacturers and had to negotiate the pricing to fit my budget. Although I had to stay up all night, I was able to meet the deadline and deliver the T-shirts right on time.

Additionally, at NUS I have also taken multiple business modules such as Accounting and Economics to have a fundamental idea about the financial world. Your company’s career talk really sparked genuine interest in me and I look forward to working at Credit Suisse. I am sure that I can add more value to your company by offering my range of technical, analytical and social skills. Moreover, I know Credit Suisse strives to have a diverse workforce and has employees from more than a 100 countries. Being a Bangladeshi, I would be able to add to the diversity of the workforce and enable the company to leverage on my unique perspective and talents to achieve its business goals.

I have enclosed a copy of my résumé for your reference. I would welcome an opportunity to discuss my qualifications with you and learn more about Credit Suisse at your earliest convenience. I can be reached at 84095154 or via email at mohammadhasan@nus.edu.sg. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Yours sincerely,

Mohammad Hasan

Enclosure: Résumé

Resolving Interpersonal Conflict (Post #2)

Last year I joined the NUS International Relations Committee as a publicity officer. In addition to gaining valuable experience, it would also secure on campus accommodation for me. There was a big event coming up and everyone in the committe was working hard towards making that event a success. For two semesters I attended all meetings discussing on ways to promote the event further and worked on designing posters, banners and t-shirts for it.

I worked under a friend of mine who was the publicity team’s head officer. During meetings sometimes we had our fair share of differences. There were a few times when I questioned his ideas and pitched some of my own ideas instead, which were granted by the higher officials. After a few of these disagreements, I could feel his behaviour was getting colder towards me. But I didn’t pay too much attention to it as I thought they were only temporary and became busy with the event instead. In time, the event was successfully held and we were done with our roles in the committee.

At the end of the semester they released the names of the members who got their accommodation confirmed. My name was not on the list. I was stunned and couldn’t understand the reason behind this as the committee had enough quota to recommend everyone who needed housing. I was upset because not getting accommodation meant I had to move out of campus. It meant I had to stay away from all my friends on campus and also meant long dail commutes to and from the university, not to mention the added expense of transportation and higher rent for off campus housing.

I contacted the committee’s director himself and informed him about the situation. The director told me I wasn’t offered accommodation because according to him, I hadn’t even applied for it! After a bit of investigation I found out my aforementioned friend “forgot” to include my name on the list of people who needed accommodation. I couldn't believe he could do this to me! It seemed pretty evident at that point that he did this on purpose just to put me in trouble. It was then when I understood he hadn't forgotten about those disagreements and held a grudge against me all this time.

So, how could I have avoided a situation like this, where my own friend sabotages my housing arrangement?