Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
To whom it may concern,
Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Peter Seferian. As you may have surmised by the name of this blog, I am a fourth generation Armenian-American living in Texas. I am currently a senior at St. Edwards University pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in philosophy.
Being a philosophy major, I have a wide-range of skills that would make me a suitable candidate for your organization. I am a critical thinker, a good writer, and can work well with others.
As a writer, I have written several philosophy papers that analyze complex concepts and deconstructs them in a way that is digestible for those largely unfamiliar with philosophy. One of the skills I have been working on lately as far as writing goes is copywriting. I love the idea of taking products and marketing them through emails and social media. I love the idea of using creative, engaging language that pulls the reader in and makes them actually want to buy the product. In fact, I actually worked as a marketing intern for a small startup company that created educational products, doing that very same thing.
In 2018, I worked as a policy intern at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. I helped my center director with his research on a daily basis. I created lists of relevant items that I sent out to various partner organizations, I delivered mail to fellow employees and superiors, and I worked at the front desk. At the front desk, I learned how to take calls from people and direct them to the extensions that were relevant to their queries. I plan to utilize the skills that I learned from my work at the Foundation to help you with your team.
As a Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu instructor, I know how to be a leader and I can organize groups of people in completing a task. I enjoy helping people learn knew things and how to think through problems. But just because I am a leader that does not mean that I can’t be a follower. Every teacher and coach I’ve ever had can attest to how coachable a student I am. If you have something you need me to learn, I will give you my undivided attention and devote one hundred percent of myself to learning that skill as best I can.
I am also good at talking to people and connecting with them on a level that goes beyond the common customer/salesman relationship. As someone who has worked with teams before, I know how to work in a group where personalities clash and people disagree. In fact, I have led groups like that during my time in college. There have been times when things have gone wrong, but each time I have been able to steer the ship back in the right direction and get us back to where we needed to be.
I hope you found this post informative and will consider adding me to your team.
Best wishes,
Peter
The Armenian Texan 