Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Application Letter for Mobile Product Operation Specialist


37 Prince George’s Park
NUS, Singapore, 118430
(+65) 93235023

2013/02/20

QiongYou Wang
Hebei Road, Langjiayuan, Yard 6, Beijing
People’s Republic of China, 100022
Dear Sir / Madam
I am writing to apply for the Mobile Product Operation Specialist position advertised in the Sina Weibo. My name is Dong Haoxuan, and I am currently a sophomore student studying in National University of Singapore (NUS), major in Computer Engineering.
QiongYou is a marvelous website designed and targeted for the benefit of the backpackers. Since I was a Junior College (JC) student, it is been my dream to become a backpacker who travels around the world to experience the beauty that the nature provide us. After my graduation from JC, I did not hesitate to embark on a journey of my own. I have been to 24 provinces in China, 48 different cities, including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Inspired by the post and guide of peer backpackers on QiongYou, I have found new and amazing ways to appreciate the wonderful nature in which the Earth has embraced us. With the great passion and first-hand experience, I believe that I would be the perfect person to work with to make QiongYou even a better place for the backpacker.
Besides the passion for travelling, as a Computer Engineering student, it is my specialty to deal with software and data. Through my courses in NUS, I have learnt and developed skills that would be perfect to be a mobile product operation specialist. I have been working in a team to develop software of my own which helps people to manage their tasks and schedule. On top of that, I have also been learning mobile application programming language such as Objective-C. Furthermore, during my first year of study, I have taken a psychology module that allows me to work in teams to discover the behavior pattern of different people. This helps me to understand better when people make choices under different circumstances. All the above are the skills that I could bring to the team in the future if I would be given the opportunity to work as a mobile product operation specialist.
The learning journey in NUS not only provides the knowledge I eager to acquire, but also teaches me the importance of positive attitude and teamwork. With great obstacles faced during studying and backpacking through different terrain and weather, I have nothing but stronger and more willing to take on new challenges. The immersion with different cultures and the experience on working with great teams also equip me with the weapon I fight for future problems. Therefore, I believe I would be the perfect candidate for the position and hope you would think the same.
You can contact me anytime via email at aticni@hotmail.com or my cell phone, (+65) 93235023. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you about this internship opportunity.
Yours sincerely
Dong Haoxuan

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Resolving Interpersonal Conflict


As a student in NUS, I foresee that in the near future, I will face a situation where I need to purchase a private car for transportation.

Most probably, I will approach a car dealer after I decide which car to buy. However, the interest of the car dealer will be definitely different from mine. My interest is to buy the car at a price as low as possible. If possible, I will also ask for free gifts as many as possible or a loan with interest as low as possible. However, the car dealer’s interest is to sell the car at a price as high as possible in order to get a higher commission fee. But his primary interest is to sell the car in order to get the basic commission fee. Thus, there will be a conflict of interest between each party.

I foresee that it would be hard time throughout the negotiation process. I will keep on criticizing on the crucial flaws of the car interested in order to ask for lower price from the car dealer. At the same time, the car dealer will provide explanations to the “flaws” I have pointed to reject my request to lower down the price. In return, the car dealer may offer certain free gifts within his authority to maintain the selling price at a relatively high level.

In this case, I think the most important step to carry on this negotiation is to find out the common interest between both parties. For example, one of the common interests is to get the deal done. Thus, I can increase my bottom line price a bit higher. In compensation, I will ask for more free gifts or modifications to the car. Thus, this conflict may be solved and the deal will also be done.

Question: Is there any other common interest between the car dealer and me?