Application Letter
11 March 2003
Dear Ms Boe
RE: HR Administrator
I would like to confirm my interest in applying for the HR Administrator position currently advertised on the seek website 11-03-03.
I have been an employee of the City of Moonee Valley for the past 6 months where I was required to undertake and manage different projects for the Environment Department.
I have completed my Bachelor of Business degree in Human Resources at Victorian University, where I undertook many exciting and challenging studies. This coupled with my training, and experience gained through work experience across a range of industries make me a worthy contender for this exciting role.
I am a motivated and responsible individual seeking for a challenging career in Human Resources. My honesty and trustworthiness has been displayed through my ability to successfully manage both staff and company monies. I see myself as a hard worker who is always interested in further developing my skills.
I believe my skills, academic abilities and experience would make me a valuable asset to your organisation. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss this opportunity further.
Yours Sincerely
GENERAL SELECTION CRITERIA INFORMATION
Human Resources Management
As Second Assistant Manager at McDonalds, I was required to provide advice on many issues to some 90 staff. I have implemented a complete change of policy and procedure including staff morale in the transition from a Franchise store to a McDonalds owned store. I have undertaken Store Management responsibilities being sole shift manager on a day to day basis.
Recruitment
I have attended McDonalds Management courses specific in how to conduct selection interviews in line with good HR practice and legislative requirements.
Training
I have been involved in the process of creating a yearly staff training plan with ongoing training needs analysis depending on individual development requirements. These individual experiences included areas such as religion, cultural background, ages from 15 to 42 hence varied attitudes.
I also gave optimistic and motivational advice to younger ages who were dealing with struggles of teenage life and schooling issues and also to university students who were disillusioned with their chosen course of study. I had the ability to outline the long term repercussions involved with their decisions by empathetically understanding their needs.
Staff Development
I oversaw the initial staff training procedures and was required to continually monitor current or new strict policies and procedures of McDonalds standards.
It is imperative that there is constant monitoring and evaluation amongst a workforce as having a proactive approach allows the opportunity of becoming a benchmark organisation through customer/client satisfaction.
Accountability and Extent of Authority
As second assistant manager, there was great accountability and authority placed on myself. I was involved with daily reports that monitored our inventory, sales, customer trends, comparisons to previous months, waste, food safety results (twice daily) and our employment percentages for each hour.
I was required to allocate budgets for promotional displays and administrative responsibilities. I also approved large sums for stock purchases, equipment maintenance and petty cash vouchers all within limitations of the store budget.
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