Professional Practice and Communication: Reflection Essay on Cover Letter and Resume

This is a reflection essay on constructing a cover letter and resume for a job application. The author discusses the challenges faced and the learning outcomes achieved. The essay includes a sample cover letter and resume for a mechanical engineer position. Subject: Professional Practice and Communication.

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Table of Contents
Q1: Cover letter and Resume...........................................................................................................2
Q2: Reflection................................................................................................................................12
Reference.......................................................................................................................................14

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Q1: Cover letter and Resume
COVER LETTER
Miteshkumar Desai
110, 63-67 Veron Street, wentworthville, NSW (2145)
[e-mail]
[phone]
June 6, 2018
The Recruiter,
Daniels,
34 Cahill Street
Dandenong VIC, Australia.
Dear Recruiter,
In relation to the advertisement posted on recruit.net, I am applying as a “Mechanical Engineer”
in Daniels. I have gone through the details of the advertisement and have found myself as
suitable for the post. The job requires a mechanical engineer who is well versed in designing &
maintenance of mechanical pieces of equipment. Let me inform you that I am passionate about
design, maintenance and production quality related works. It means I am justifying the basic
needs which you are looking for the position.
So far, I have completed two projects, one of the projects was the performance analysis of
Catalytic Converter. The other project was about reducing the emission of exhaust gases of an
automobile. Both the projects were related to the maintenance of mechanical types of equipment.
It means that I can effectively support the engineering and production team with my level of
skills. Till now, I have told a few of points about me and my skills. I request you to bear with me
for just a few more minutes as I am still not done with explaining my skills to you. I am sure you
will feel excited if you can stay by knowing my skills as a mechanical engineer.
I am proficient with machine operating. Few of the machines which I have already handled are
Milling, conversational lathe machine, cylindrical grinding, surface grinding and drilling
machine. I have also found that one of your needs is to implement operating procedures by

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conferring with the production team. It means that my proficiency with machine operation can be
highly valuable to you in this respect.
As I have mentioned in my resume that I can handle any kind of machines and also that time
management has remained an essential part of my workplace activities, I can really fulfill your
expectation of no deadline misses. Apart from being technically sound and suitable in every
regard to the job position, I also have few other qualities which are worth a mention. I am hard-
working and ambitious as well. The hard-working in me pushes me to every possible limit while
dealing with a project. I am good at teamwork and also very well equipped with communication
skills. It means I can effectively support or lead a team. I can coordinate with clients as well.
I am looking forward to your cooperation. Thanks a lot for your time and being patient with me
for that long. I do hope another communication in a very short span of time.
Respectfully
Miteshkumar Desai
Enclosure: resume

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RESUME
MITESHKUMAR DESAI
(B.E – Mechanical Engineer)
CAREER OBJECTIVE
 To grow to become an independent individual
 To develop myself to become professional probably in the engineering field to produce
excellent results
 To use relevant and useful resources to support my plans of becoming a skilled
professional
 To support the employer with my skills and looking beyond my limit to add values to my
presence, so that, benefits are transferred to the overall business of the company
QUALIFICATIONS
Year Qualification & Institute Marks
2013-2016 Bachelor in Mechanical
Engineering (GTU)
8.2 CGPA
2010-2013 Diploma in Mechanical
Engineering (GTU)
8.4 CGPA
2009-2010 SSC from G.S.H.S.E.B. 78%
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
 Very well versed with Solidworks 2016
 Proficient in operating Excel, Word & Mailing
KEY SKILLS
 Hard-Working
 Ambitious
 Decision-making capabilities
 Analytical Skills
 Having the desire to take the initiative to independently manage the operation
 Well versed with Self-Management Skills as in Reliability, taking the initiative and
Resourcefulness
 Well equipped with supervisory roles
 Have already supervised the range of assignments
Key Area of Interests

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 Quality maintenance
 Production management
 Design
 Maintenance
HOBBIES
 Reading (Quora)
 Watching Sci-fi Movies
PROJECT
 Had previously worked on a project on Analysing the Performance of Catalytic Converter
where I had to alter the cone angle
 Application: to reduce the amount of emission of exhaust gases of an automobile
Professional synopsis
As far as my work experience is concerned, I have worked with SAYAJI PACKAGING
PVT. LTD. (INDIA) as a Tool Room & Maintenance Engineer. I worked there for one
complete year from July 2016 to August 2017. The company had a well known reputation in
the market. It was specialized in manufacturing tin container that is normally used for
packaging of eatable products.
 Ability to perform a different kind of machining activity, press tool manufacturing,
forming die & cutting
 I had also been doing preventive, predictive & maintenance of break down kinds of
activities in plant machines
 Very well equipped with skills to conduct the maintenance of different kinds of
machine. Follow is the list of machines which I have worked with till the date
Machine operating:- There are varieties of machines that I am well expertise with.
Those machines include Milling, Conversational lathe machine, cylindrical grinding, surface
grinding and drilling machine.
Handle Inspection Instrument:- Vernier calliper, Micrometer, depth gauge micrometer
& the other measuring instruments
Assignments Handled:-
 Planning
 Participating the weekly meeting with different delegates like Purchase, Director,
Dispatch, Production and finance departments. I am very good at coordinating

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with different departments which I believe will be an asset for companies I will
work with it in future
 Taking care of all room related activities
 Forming & Cutting die maintenance work
 Taking care of the press machine and solving the problem associated with it
 Designing and assembling new die
 Calculating the cost-estimation required for preparing the job as and when needed
 Selection of materials required for different functions
 Handling the inspection of entire instruments
 Preparing the reports after every post inspection of instruments
 Time management is one of my strengths and will really be valuable for my future
employers
 Designing and assembling the required resources to manufacture the dies and
tools
 Polishing and smoothening of surfaces which are flat and are contoured surfaces
by using scrapers, files, abrasive stones, power grinders and emery cloths
 Verifying or validating the dimensions, clearances and alignments of completed
or finished parts
 Initiating drawing which is one of the essential element of designing activities
 Aligning or making tabular for purchase of tools & raw materials
 Managing Vender, forming or introducing procedures to follow for manufacturing
new parts
 Reporting to the factory manager regarding different important activities
Assignments Handled:-
 Preparing the daily production plans
 Production control as per the demands of planning
 Preparing daily production report and communicating with management
 Preparing plans for preventive maintenance and hand over the maintenance
works to the maintenance department
 Maintaining the entire necessary spare part which were mostly being used
 A very large number of manpower handling
Personal Details
Name Miteshkumar Desai
Date of Birth 19th November 1992
Passport No. P275596 Valid up to :- July 2026
Known
languages
English, Gujarati, Hindi
Marital Status Married

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Gender Male
Email Id [e-mail]
Contact No. [phone]
Address 110, 63-67 Veron street, wentworthville, NSW (2145)
References:-
1. Kiran Patel
Production Manager (SPPL)
Email Id: [e-mail]
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the details and information mentioned above is true to the best of my
knowledge. I will not mind any cancellation of my application if any of the furnished
information is found as fake. Employers have all rights to cross-check my entire furnished
information from different resources such as the people mentioned in the references section.
Thank You,
Miteshkumar Desai

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Q2: Reflection
The entire journey from constructing a cover letter in response to the chosen job
advertisement to draft a resume has provided me an ample of opportunity to learn a lot of things.
The journey was indeed challenging due to various factors like the cover letter and resume must
look attractive to the employer, so that, chances of getting a call for the interview is increased.
This one purpose had required a lot of things to be done on my part. The first and foremost of
work was to identify the correct set of contents for both cover letter and the resume as well. I had
the idea that useful resources on trusted websites can be a good guiding tool for me for the task I
had in front of me.
I was able to find the few very important sites which actually helped me to understand
what could be the necessary contents. I figured out all those points and also collected all the
information regarding my personal details that includes everything from personal details to job
experience and project completed so far. I also got to know that it is important to integrate my
information with the job advertisement, so that, it makes a good understanding of what I intend
to convey. The job was itself very challenging as I had to work hard and read the entire
advertisement thoroughly. Not only this, I had also studied my personal information and tried to
identify the ways to integrate my personal details with each and every points mentioned in the
job advertisement.
It took a huge time for me to get completed with just a cover letter. I was trying to
understand the best possible contents of the cover letter. Slowly and gradually, I progressed to
accomplish the construction of cover letter. Every single moment of cover letter construction had
the moments of learning for me. I not only learned the way to present my feelings and beliefs to
employers but also learned how to convince the employer. I was somehow able to construct a
cover letter; however, I am not sure at all about that I was able to justify my work.
Resume making was more challenging than a cover letter. This is because I had to
integrate a lot of and relevant thing in it to make it look attractive to the employer. I did this by
understanding the job requirements. I had followed every single point mentioned in the job
requirement section and to the possible extent; I gathered and included the relevant expertise of
mine in the resume. The resume appears a bit large; however, it clearly expresses the relevant
expertise in me which were mentioned as the area of requirements in the need section of the
chosen job. The session was really exhausting; however, it helped me learn a lot of things which
are important for a professional practice and communication.

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Reference
Link used as a reference to select a job advertisement:
https://australia.recruit.net/search-mechanical-engineer-jobs