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0:00hi everyone welcome back to my channel
0:01i'm sanya and for those of you who are
0:04new today i am currently interning in
0:06the united nations in vienna and through
0:09this channel i'm trying to share my
0:10experience living here how it how life
0:13is like in austria coming from pakistan
0:16and how i'm managing everything on my
0:18own
0:18so a lot of you guys requested me to
0:21share my motivation letter and my resume
0:23so this is what this video is going to
0:25be about before sharing my motivation
0:27letter and resume i just want to make it
0:29clear that i'm not an expert in writing
0:31a cover letter or a resume
0:33these are just the documents that i sent
0:35to the un application for my internship
0:38and
0:38this is what got me interviewing so
0:41i hope this helps you in some way
0:43because i remember when i was writing my
0:45motivation letter i was constantly
0:48looking for videos on youtube to get
0:50help from because
0:51i just didn't know where to start from
0:54so
0:54i hope this helps you and let's just
0:57jump right into the video
0:59i'm gonna walk you through the
1:00motivation letter paragraph by paragraph
1:03so let's start with the first line now
1:05in the start you have to write something
1:07like dear sir ma'am or you can also
1:10write to whom it may concern because you
1:12don't know who's gonna check your
1:14motivation letter so it's better to
1:16write something like that and then you
1:18start your motivation letter by telling
1:20what your current position is what you
1:22are doing at the moment so for me i was
1:25a recent graduate in business
1:27administration and i wrote down that i'm
1:29a graduate in bachelors of business
1:31administration and then i wrote down the
1:34university that i graduated from
1:36so if you are currently studying
1:38somewhere you write down the subject
1:41that you're studying and the name of the
1:42university and the same goes for people
1:45who are working somewhere you write down
1:47the position that you are doing and then
1:48you write down the name of the
1:50organization and then i said being a
1:52fresh graduate i'm looking for a job in
1:54the business sector because i graduated
1:57in business administration so i was
1:59looking for a job specifically in the
2:01business sector
2:04and then in the next paragraph
2:07so i feel like this is a very important
2:09thing that you should add in your letter
2:11so what i do is i write down the
2:13position that i'm applying for so for me
2:16it was like i was applying for the
2:17internship in division of budget and
2:19finance
2:20so i wrote this short paragraph about
2:23the position and then i said that i have
2:26attached all the documents that were
2:28required
2:29i feel like adding this small paragraph
2:31makes it easy for the recruiters to know
2:34what you're applying for so make sure
2:36that you add this paragraph
2:38then we head over to our next paragraph
2:44so in the third paragraph what you
2:46should do is you should start telling
2:48them what kind of skills you can
2:49contribute to the organization
2:51what will you learn from the internship
2:54you can mention some of the subjects
2:55that you studied that are relevant to
2:57the position that you're applying for
2:59and if you are a fresh graduate you can
3:01also say that you have a lot to learn so
3:05let's start this paragraph
3:07so i started the paragraph by saying
3:09that i have been dedicated to working
3:11hard at learning and that i would be
3:14very interested to get any experience
3:16that would allow me to learn more and
3:19then i say that getting this position
3:22will help me to grow and improve myself
3:24so this shows that you are willing to
3:26learn new things new skills new
3:28technologies because internship is all
3:31about learning they don't expect you to
3:32know everything so you are in the
3:35learning process and in the internship
3:37you learn a lot and then you can write
3:39something like i'm looking forward to
3:40getting responsibilities in your company
3:43this will show that you are ready to
3:44take on any challenges any
3:46responsibilities
3:48and then what i suggest you to do is try
3:50to relate the subjects that you have
3:52studied in your university with the
3:55position that you're applying for so for
3:57me because i was applying for a finance
4:00internship so i tried to include all
4:02those relevant subjects which i thought
4:04would be
4:05relevant for this position
4:07so i said that with a degree in business
4:10administration i have acquired knowledge
4:12of business and management and try to
4:14tell them what kind of skills you
4:16learned from those subjects so for me i
4:18wrote that i have quantitative
4:20analytical and problem solving skills
4:22because of these courses this will show
4:25that you do have knowledge of these
4:27subjects and that you can contribute
4:29whatever you learned from those subjects
4:31in the internship then i say i wish to
4:34bring my skills and knowledge to your
4:35company's innovative environment now
4:38here you can include any kind of skills
4:39that you have
4:41and then i say being a fresh graduate i
4:43have a lot to learn just like i told you
4:45before internship is all about learning
4:47and they expect you that you are willing
4:49to learn new skills new technologies new
4:52softwares
4:53so this is what i said that i have a lot
4:55to learn in the industry and i'm fully
4:56prepared to learn new technologies and
4:58skills
5:00now adding this line will show how
5:02motivated you are to learn new skills
5:03and technologies
5:06and then i say that i'm hoping to
5:07develop my soft skills because obviously
5:09when you're working in such a big
5:11organization
5:12you will learn soft skills like
5:14professional writing teamwork leadership
5:17management etc etc
5:20in the fourth paragraph i explained the
5:23position that i was doing at that time
5:25so i was working part-time with a
5:27us-based real estate company
5:30i tried my best to
5:32portray that position in a way which
5:34would help the recruiter know what kind
5:36of skills i learned from that position
5:38so i started by telling what my role was
5:41so i said i have been promoted from
5:43virtual lead assistant to virtual lead
5:45manager and then i told them what i used
5:48to do when i was a virtual lead
5:49assistant and what i used to do when i
5:51was a virtual lead manager so here you
5:53should write down all the work
5:54experiences that you have because it
5:56will show that you do know how to work
5:58in a team and that you do have a
6:00professional background before
6:02so what i suggest you to do is show what
6:04you got don't just tell
6:07now here you can see i mentioned
6:09something about crm which is customer
6:12relationship management now this tool is
6:14widely used in today's world which is
6:17like a technology for managing your
6:19company's relationships and interactions
6:21with your customers so this shows that i
6:23do have knowledge of the latest
6:25technologies and then i started telling
6:27them what my role was when i was a
6:29virtual lead manager now here i wrote
6:31down the responsibility that i had my
6:33responsibility was to call real estate
6:35agents and encourage them to work with
6:38us
6:38this shows my communication skills this
6:41shows that i do know how to talk with
6:43clients i do know how to interact with
6:46customers
6:47so what i'm trying to do is i'm trying
6:49to tell them what kind of skills i have
6:52by showing them what i used to do and
6:54then i say i handle more than 100 calls
6:56daily and also use email as a
6:58communication tool now here what i try
7:01to convey to them was that i do know how
7:03to send professional emails then i say
7:06calling agents on a regular basis has
7:08developed patience in me
7:10now adding this line shows that i am
7:11patient and that i can face any kind of
7:14situation if i go further down
7:18you can see that i added a few more
7:21lines related to the job
7:23you can see in this line i'm also adding
7:24another keyword which is b2b it stands
7:27for business to business this is another
7:29thing which is widely used in today's
7:31world b2b means transaction that takes
7:34place from one business to another
7:36so adding this line shows that i do have
7:38knowledge of b2b
7:42and then i say i have gained experience
7:44in working with a technology-oriented
7:45company and faced a lot of diversity now
7:48this shows that i do have experience in
7:50meeting people from all around the world
7:52and that i'm willing to work with people
7:54from everywhere irrespective of their
7:56religion race color etc fourth paragraph
7:59what i like to do is i like to add the
8:01extracurricular activities that i've
8:03done in the past i suggest you to write
8:05all the activities that you have done
8:07and try to relate those to the position
8:10that you're applying for so for example
8:12if you're a leader of your basketball
8:14team or if you were a leader of your
8:16management team add it in your letter
8:18this will show that you'll have
8:20leadership skills that you do know how
8:22to act as a leader even if you were not
8:24a leader and you were still part of a
8:27team
8:27at it this will show that you do know
8:30how to work in a team so for me i didn't
8:32have many activities but whatever i had
8:34i wrote in the letter if you have worked
8:36on different projects in your university
8:38you can also include that in the letter
8:40you can say that you were the team
8:42leader and you used to assign different
8:45tasks to everyone because this will show
8:47that you do have team management skills
8:50and you do know how to handle a team
8:52in the last paragraph i write down
8:55some stuff about the company what i do
8:58is i try to look for the company on
8:59google and i try to search for what
9:01they're doing and then i try to include
9:04that in the letter this will show that
9:06you already know what the company is
9:08doing so i said that i'm very motivated
9:10by the fact that your company is
9:12striving towards a sustainable future
9:14this line shows that i do know what the
9:16company works for what they're doing and
9:19this will show that you are interested
9:21in working in the company
9:23so i highly recommend you to read about
9:25the company first and then add something
9:27about it in your letter this will
9:29impress them this will show that you do
9:30know what they're doing and then you can
9:32say something like i'm very flexible i
9:34can work out of my comfort zone and then
9:36you can say something like i will work
9:38very hard i will be very responsible and
9:41i'm looking forward to
9:43become an intern in your company etc etc
9:46and
9:48and then in the last line i say that i'm
9:50very motivated while writing this letter
9:52and hope to become part of your company
9:55and then you say regards or kind regards
9:57warm wishes or whatever you want to
9:59write and you write down your name
10:02so this is my resume i am not a
10:04professional in creating resumes but
10:06this is what i sent to the un for my
10:08internship so as you can see i created a
10:11short description two three lines and
10:13then my personal details my email
10:15current location mobile number and
10:17linkedin account
10:19if you don't have a linkedin account i
10:21would highly recommend you to create one
10:23and this template that i used for the
10:25resume i made it on novorezume.com
10:29i will put the link on the screen and
10:32then you can see i put my education i
10:35just added the latest education of mine
10:37but you can obviously add your high
10:39school education if you want
10:42and then i added my personal projects i
10:45did these projects in my university
10:48and then my work experience my skills
10:51suggest you to always check the job
10:53description and job requirements first
10:55and then update your resume and cover
10:57letter accordingly
10:59for example if they want you to know
11:01microsoft excel microsoft word try to
11:04add those softwares in your skills
11:08and then i added the languages that i
11:09know and my interests this was it for
11:12today's video i hope it was helpful and
11:14please let me know in the comments if
11:16you would like me to make any kind of
11:17videos and i'll make it for you or if
11:20you guys have any questions feel free to
11:22put it in the comments below and i look
11:24forward to see you guys in my next video
11:26bye