Hello everyone, I really need some help for my letter of motivation. English is not my first language and I am afraid not to have mistakes in my letter. I will be delighted if you could give me some opinion about my letter.
Thank you
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to express my utmost pleasure in applying towards the masters program at xxx University. I am from Georgia, a country that has been in many hardships lately. I am married to a Swedish citizen and that is why I am planning to continue my education in Sweden, at your university particularly. I am confident that my personal and professional background fits and makes me a suitable candidate for the graduate program at xxx University. My bachelor's degree in Study of Art from I.xxx University of Tbilisi and diverse work experience has matured me into a conscientious adult. It also has given me the ambition and desire to move forward and further my education into the graduate degree.
As a child my favorite activity was to draw and because of my interest in it, I decided to pursue arts. Studying at xxx of Tbilisi helped me discover my creative capacity and reverence for the world around like I never have before. Studying arts and related subjects as disciplines consistently examines the changing values in all fields of the visual and creative culture. It embraces the different layers of life in the economic, social, and political realms as well as many other related areas of modernity. Studying History of Arts cultivated my critical thinking in terms of integrating analysis and knowledge. It gave me the foundation to further shape my professional and personal aspirations.
My professional experience consists of diverse work experience, which I think was beneficial for my personal and professional development. My first employment was at xxx. My job title was to translate company's catalogues from Georgian into English, and to choose the exposes for exhibition. I started working at this company at the very early steps of getting myself aquatinted with the craft of art. I was grateful for the opportunity to see a lot of famous Georgian artist's paintings.
My most recent position was at xxx Hotel as an Executive Manager. I started as an administrative manager, but soon I got promoted, into a position of Executive Manager. There were twenty-two people under my subordination. Among my duties were the monitoring and controlling of inner finances and event management with an emphasis on customer service. It was not easy in the beginning, but at the end I got an excellent experience in management of the hotel and in tourism field. After succeeding in my role, I was granted with financial support from the Hotel and attended training programs concerning General Management, leadership, Conflicts and Negotiations skills, which in return gave me an opportunity to better contribute in improving Hotel's business and gain more relevant knowledge.
My employment at xxx Hotel helped to improve myself as a person and granted the confidence and desire to excel in the professional business environment.
I consider myself as a very organized, motivated and positive person, I do believe in the power of positivity, which can help you achieve every goal you set to yourself. I would like this opportunity to grow not only as a person but as a professional as well. I think that no matter what you have already achieved in your life there is always so much more to learn and experience to better yourself.
Thank you for your consideration. Yours faithfully XXX
Top answer
Apart form the gramatical and lexical mistakes you have made which are better to be corrected by expert teachers. Some of the things you have mentioned in your motivation later are quite irrelevent to the idea of motivation letters and you had better review several samples and then try your own. In short, Your marriage and your country of citizenship and that stuff are irrelevent, beside, for every adjective you use to descibe yourself, you have to bring reason to support that.
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Apart form the gramatical and lexical mistakes you have made which are better to be corrected by expert teachers. Some of the things you have mentioned in your motivation later are quite irrelevent to the idea of motivation letters and you had better review several samples and then try your own.
In short, Your marriage and your country of citizenship and that stuff are irrelevent, besid
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