Sample cover letter for Full Time position at Parthenon

The Recruitment Coordinator 16th October, 2013

The Parthenon Group

Mumbai

Greetings Sir/Ma’am,

I am a final year student of IIT Delhi, pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering. I am keen to apply for the post of an Associate in The Parthenon Group.

My desire to work in the consulting industry has been inspired by both, the variety and the quality of experiences it offers. Working across the broadest possible range of industries and opportunity to interact with clients will help me gain diverse knowledge and work on finding solutions across varied challenges. Having held a wide spectrum of positions of responsibilities in the student affairs at the institute - both in academic and in cultural event organizations and participated in a variety of extra-curricular activities ranging from music and dramatics to video making and entrepreneurship, I believe that my life at IIT has given me both the confidence and the quality of experience to be successful in such an attempt.

Consulting will also enable me to make full use of, and further develop my logical and creative problem-solving skills, providing an intellectually stimulating challenge of the sort I have always coveted. Whether working towards securing sponsorship for one of India’s largest cultural festival in the capacity of a Marketing Coordinator or the Under Graduate Representative for Computer Science Department in the Co-curricular and Academic Interaction Council, essentially it requires organization and coordination skills, meeting and assimilating problem, ability to breaking things down rationally, at times quick thinking and conveying them in a simple way that will be easy to understand.

Listening to the Partners and Associates of The Parthenon Group in the Pre-Placement Talk, left me in awe and amazement and I hoped to stand alongside them in a PPT at IIT Delhi, someday. Parthenon’s entrepreneurial approach to solving problems immediately connected with the entrepreneur in me. By creatively applying my skills I undertook the initiative ‘IITDocumentary’ which aimed at sensitization of the people to bring about a positive change in the society by making documentaries. The fact that this idea was well received and appreciated by the socially motivated community can be attributed to the fact that NGO ‘Stree’ placed this idea in the top 3 ideas in their case study competition.

The success of every team I have worked on can be attributed to my ideology that work and play go hand in hand. This attitude, and being a team player, makes people turn to me for advice in various fields, and I love to help them to the best of my abilities. Perceiving work as fun makes me more passionate at whatever I do enabling me to reach the pinnacles of success.

Seeing myself as a part of The Parthenon Group presenting my strategy to top notch clients would be a proud moment for me. It reminds me of the time when I shared the stage with the MTv Coke Studio Band to perform for an audience of more than 10,000 during Rendezvous. I do hope you would give me the chance to contribute to the continuing success of The Parthenon Group through my skill set, which I look to develop further during my time at Parthenon.

Eagerly waiting in anticipation of a positive response.

Thanks and Regards

Abhishek Tayal