Perspectives are important..
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..to know that.
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Knowledge is important
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So is..
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..to apply it
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Understanding differences is important..
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So is to understand similarities..
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Problem is to find the right one knowing all of these..
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..or is there really such a problem?
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Presentation for P&G Assistant Brand Manager Position
Koray CoĹ&#x;kun
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Dear Sir or Madam;
Dear Sir or Madam;
Please let me present the attached resume to you for the Graduate Programmeas recently advertised on Kariyer.net. Please let me present the attached resume to you for Assistant Brand Manager as recently advertised on your company website. I the the I believe that that my combination of technical skills, experience, and business sensibilities would would serve serve your company position position believe my combination of technical skills, experience, and business sensibilities Procter & Gamble well in this position. well in this position.
As the areas of the position is specified completely, I would like to state that I want to take place in your Marketing team by referring my educational andisprofessional experiences working PwC.toTo theplace extent Although the areasbackground of the position not specified completely,I Igained would through like to state that in I want take in that the position requires analysis of business rules and processes, I have specific experience in two main areas that are closely related. On the analysis side, I used to your Marketing team auditor by referring my educational background and professional experiences gained processes. In that position, I was work or asFinance an assistant for PwC which brought me in a great experience for business Ianalysis through working for analyzing the processes of the companies that were audited, understanding the markets they operates in, and evaluating responsible in PwC. the extent that the position of business ruleson and I haveresponsible specific theTo position of the company in therequires market.analysis As I gained experience theprocesses, field, I become for the analyzing of the financial experience in two statements of the companies which is one of the key indicators to validate the preliminary analytics that we have performed before.
main areas that are closely related. On the analysis side, I used to work as an assistant auditor for PwC which brought me On the other hand, I have gained specific industry in Ienergy, aerospace, tourism and construction on the basis of in a great experience for business analysis processes. In knowledge that position, was responsible forautomotive, analyzing the costing, sales and marketing. More specifically, I have gained technical experience in costing and gross profit margin analysis in very processes of the companies thatbusiness were audited, understanding markets they operates and taken evaluating position of the different environments. On thethe financial reporting basis, in, I have placethe in the consolidation works which contains the company in the consolidation of 43 companies. My aptitude to reporting including IFRS and US GAAP gained through my experience in PwC is also market. As I gained experience on the field, I become responsible for the analyzing of the financial statements of another indicator of my being good at numbers. the companies which is one of the key indicators to validate the preliminary analytics that we have performed before.
On a more general level, I believe I bring the broad "soft" skills you can have confidence in with a candidate that will represent P&G to your customers. I trust you would find me to be well-spoken, energetic, confident, and personable, the type of person on whom your On the other hand, I have gained specific industry knowledge in energy, aerospace, automotive and construction and though your business environment will rely. I also have a wide breadth of experience of the type that gives you the on thecustomers basis of costing, sales marketing. More specifically, gained technical experience in costing and profit flexibility toand place me in a number of contextsI have with confidence that the level of excellence yougross expect will be met. In most situations margin technical decisions must be made within the context of larger business constraints. Throughout my career I got used to work under strict analysis in very different business environments. On the financial reporting basis, I havetaken place in the deadlines and I can proudly claim that whatever the situations were, I could overcome every task I was engaged in with a great success. consolidation Prioritizing enhancements to meet strategic objectives, and focusing on business imperatives are core values of mine, which I bring to works which contains the consolidation of 43 companies. My aptitude to reporting including IFRS and US GAAP every project on which I work. gained through my experience in PwC is also another indicator of my being good at numbers.
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to review my credentials and experience. I hope that you'll find my experience, interests, and On a more general level, Ienough believe to I bring theabroad "soft" skills you can confidence in with a candidate that to you and your customers as character intriguing warrant face-to-face meeting, as Ihave am confident that I could provide value will a member of your team. represent P&G to your customers. I trust you would find me to be well-spoken, energetic, confident, and personable, Sincerely, the type of person on whom your customers and though your business environment will rely. I also have a wide Koray breadth of CoĹ&#x;kun experience of the type that gives you the flexibility to place me in a number of contexts with confidence that the level of excellence you expect will be met. In most situations technical decisions must be made within the context of larger business constraints. Throughout my career I got used to work under strict deadlines and I can proudly claim that whatever the situations were, I could overcome every task I was engaged in with a great success. Prioritizing enhancements to
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Nationality: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Military Service:
Turkish Citizen 22/10/1983 Izmir / Turkey Completed (as of 21 January 2009)
Personal I have excellent organisational skills, an ability to work Statement hard and learn quickly together with a strong academic background. I now wish to use my skills and undertake further training with a view to moving into sales and marketing.
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Education
Summary of Qualifications
BA Economics, Middle East Technical University, 2003-2006 •Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University 2001-2003 •High School, Bandırma Anatolian High School 1997-2001 •MCSEs, MS Server 2003 Implementation Courses Certificates 2005
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Academic Research & Studies •Work paper on “Regional Cotton Production trend, imports and exports of cotton as raw material in Turkey in 1999, 2001, 2003”, Ankara, 2006 •Work paper on “The structure of absolutist state in Europe”, Ankara, 2006 •Work paper on “Urbanization in Turkey”, Ankara, 2006 •Work paper on “ Process of Capitalism on the way of Globalism”, Ankara, 2006 •Work paper on “Sugar Production in early Capitalism”, Ankara, 2006 •Work paper on “Comparison of Primary Surpluses of the period 2000 – 2004 between forecasted 2006 Budget Report in Turkey”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “Dollarization”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “Economic crisis of 2001 in Turkey”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “Original Sin in Economics: Reasons and Consequences”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “ Village Instutions at the time of early Republic of Turkey: An Interview”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “Portfolio Theories: Arbitrage Asset Pricing Theory”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “Comparison of the general literature of Hunter and Gatherer Societies”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “State and Economy in the Ottoman Empire”, Ankara, 2005 •Work paper on “Village Institutions at the time of early Republic of Turkey: An Interview”, Ankara, 2004 •Work paper on “Ottoman Modernization: Effects of Jeaune Turks”, Ankara, 2004 •Work paper on “Money Demand in Canada: Statistical Testing of Stability”, Ankara, 2004 •Work paper on “Effects of Customs Union on the Foreign Trade of Turkey”, Ankara, 2004 •Work paper on “Web Preferences of Internet Users”, Ankara, 2003 •Work paper on “What are the WMI(Web motives for Internet Users) and What makes the Web sites preferable”, Ankara, 2003 •Work paper on “Was Machiavelli a Machiavellist?”, Ankara, 2002 •Work paper on “Economical Structure of EU”, Ankara, 2002 February 2008
Independence and Confirmation of Independence
Technical Skills
Computer knowledge •Microsoft® Office®: All Office Applications including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, InfoPath,
Visio, Publisher, Project •Adobe®: Photoshop, Acrobat (R/M), Macromedia Applications including Flash 8, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Swish •Norton®: Firewall Applications, Antivirus Solutions •Logo® Gold:(Commercial Program for Medium and Large Companies including Accounting) •Lotus Notes® •SAP and Oracle Applications (Beginner) •O/S: Windows® 95,98,98 SE,98 me, Windows® 2000 Pro, Windows® XP® Home, XP Pro, Windows® 2000 Server, Windows® 2003 Server ( Maintaining, Administrating) •Network and Internet: Exchange Server 2003 •Web Experiences: Web administrating, Web Editor, Web Designer Language Skills •English ( Advanced level in speaking and writing skills ) •French (Beginner) •Italian (Beginner) Web Experiences: Web administrating, Web Editor, Web Designer February 2008
Courses and Seminars • “Application of IFRS ‘What is new?’”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2008, Đstanbul
•“Business Analysis Framework”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2007, Istanbul “Understanding, Eliminating and Validating the Business Processes of the Companies”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2007, Istanbul •“Banking Sector in Turkey”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2006, Đstanbul •“Main Accounting Applications and Techniques”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2006, Đstanbul •“Financial Auditing Techniques and Applications”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2006, Đstanbul •Managing a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, October 2004, Netsoft, Ankara •Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Environment, October 2004, Netsoft, Ankara •Implementing a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Network Infrastructure and Network Hosts, October 2004, Netsoft, Ankara •Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Network Infrastructure: Network Services, November 2004, Netsoft, Ankara •Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, November 2004, Netsoft, Ankara •Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure, December 2004, Netsoft, Ankara •Installing, Administering, and Configuring Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, December 2004, Netsoft, Ankara •Designing Security for Microsoft® Networks, October 2005, Netsoft, Ankara •Procter & Gamble Suitcase Participator, November 2004 •French Course, Institute of French Culture, Ankara, December 2001 February 2008
Professional Experiences Professional Experiences
Work Experiences
2006 - Current PricewaterhouseCoopers Ankara, Turkey Associate Auditor Long and short term assignments working in a wide variety of situations and with clients in a variety of business sectors. Taking an active interest in all matters involving auditing of financial statements, financial reporting according to IFRS and various GAAP standards. Applying international audit procedures due to the level of responsibilities Learning and using a variety of document and accounts management systems such as Oracle. Summer 2005 Emmaus Organization Toulouse, France Emmaus Participant Understanding the operational structure of a public charity helping people who need financial aid with its own resources Advertising the year-end organization of the Emmaus in Montauban, Toulouse. •Taking part in all sections of Emmaus such as reparation, carriage, public relations and accounting. Summer 2004 Doğrullar Ltd. Şti Marmaris, Turkey Sales Representative Establishing the new office of the company dealing with whole sales in Marmaris. Hiring and training of new members for the company. •Planning the sales routes of sales service vehicles. Responsibility for cash management including purchase and investments decisions of the office with an average 100,000 YTL of monthly revenue. Summer 2003,2004 Coşkunlar Ltd. Şti Çanakkale,Bandırma, Turkey Sales Representative Visiting customers, selling consumer goods (cigarettes) Applying the marketing strategies of the main company of which Coşkunlar Ltd. Şti is a distributor.
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Hobbies and Social Life
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Social Activities and Experiences •Owner and the editor of web community Petucha.com for over 2 years. (Petucha.com used to be
a website having over 1000 members in Turkey.) •Technohobby Member of PricewaterhouseCoopers Turkey •Energy Group Member of PwC Turkey •Participator of Emmaus Organization in France during 2005 Summer •Membership and President of Community “Petucha – Penultimate Student Charity” •Membership of Community of Literature in Mülkiye •Writer and Editor of the magazine “Koza” •Representative of students of Second Region of High Schools in Bandırma during semesters 2000-2001
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Hobbies •Playing the accordion and Ud •Collection of Die Cast Cars •Photography •Web Design •Driving and Carting •Playing Tennis •Computer •Traveling •Fitness
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A right Candidate?
Skills & Qualities
Ambition – the will, ability and confidence to succeed in any chosen environment Problem Solving and Lateral Thinking; Analysis and Research – learned through academic work, professional and non-professional experiences. I.T. Skills – excellent working knowledge of most Microsoft Products including server and office applications; capability of usage of Lotus Notes, Adobe, Macromedia, Logo and various web applications including coding and design. Great aptitude for learning and specializing in new computer programs and applications. Teamwork – particularly whilst working on larger commercial clients during my experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Aptitude for Learning Quickly – through all my work experiences I have developed the ability to learn and use new systems of working with minimal training where time is of the essence Communication Skills – used widely both in my degree studies and my work placements where working with clients have been a key factor. My ability is especially on establishing accredited relationships and persuasion. Interpersonal Skills – developed initially when working with clients in the field during my part-time works in various wholesalers operating generally in consumption goods sector and enhanced during my full time professional experience in PricewaterhouseCoopers as well as in summer job experiences. Customer Focus – through work as a sales representative during summers, field experiences helped me to develop a way of understanding the way of thinking of customers as well as my experiences gained during the audit experiences in PwC. Time Management – Working under strict deadlines in PwC has also taught me how to manage my time effectively. During the university years, my academic studies have focussed my mind on working efficiently in order to meet my deadlines. Flexibility – the ability to adapt rapidly to a new work environment and also a new cultural environment. Gained during the transfer from Ankara University to METU due to a remarkable academic success, great capability of adaptation to new environment February 2008
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