Skilled Labourer

Dear Potential Employer,

I am applying for a labourer position. I believe that I have the desired skills and attitude that would contribute to your company.

I am mature, hard-working and reliable. I have worked several years in a construction environment now and I have known numerous people working in a similar capacity. I am not like the typical labourer in many ways.

Although I am more mature, I can supply references that I work harder and get more accomplished than any labourer they have ever seen. One of the reasons is that I don’t do things the way most others do. I find ways to get things done faster and easier. For example, one of the things I have noticed is the way every labourer uses garbage bags. They cost $40 a box and they use them like candy. On one site where I first started, one guy was using over a box a week. The last work site, I might have used 10 garbage bags in total in over a year and that 11 story site had no garbage chute. I would use the thicker bags left over from the concrete guys and boxes. I would not try and fill garbage bags with the heavy debris from rocks when buckets won’t rip and can be carried. I would use the boxes from the ventilation guys for the debris from the framers and wires etc. because they can hold as much weight as a bag AND they protect your legs from the sharp edges of the metal. I would use the boxes for the tubs all the time. You can fill them but also I would take half of one and by laying it out you can just throw the debris, especially the drywall, on the box and then drag it down the stairs, You don’t have to open a bag and put things in, you just pile it on and then drag it. There is the equivalent of four or more garbage bags that are carried in one trip. This is faster, easier and saves the wasted mony on $40 garbage bags.

Trades people would come on to the site for an 11 story apartment building and call it the “cleanest site in the city”. I understand the work environment and am trusted to work independently. Unless the owner or foreman had something specific to take care of on occasion, the words were “do your thing.”

I decided to write out in detail some of the things I have done so that you get a better idea of how I can contribute to the success of the company. I hope that the position is still available and that you would offer an interview. I am available any time.

Sincerely,

Tim McLay

R. Tim McLay

6415 Quinpool Rd., Halifax, NS B3L 1A7

Email ********@*****.*** Tel. 902-***-****

Mature, reliable, and a strong work ethic.

Employment History

TMG Project Management, Halifax Aug. 2023-Sept. 2024

Labourer-TMG develops small and large building sites.

Cleaned site, helped move construction materials and occasionally helped trades as time allowed.

Lauded by trades people as “the cleanest site in the city.”

Created additional value for owner/developer by eliminating the use of expensive commercial garbage bags for removal of debris.

UBS Staffing, Halifax June 2021-Aug. 2023

Labourer-UBS provides staffing services for labour positions, particularly for demolition and renovations

Removal of debris and cleaning of various businesses and sites from fire or flood damage.

SEO Optimisers, Halifax, 2018-current

Owner- Web Design, SEO and advertising services.

Designed and built various websites for businesses.

Achieved first page results using organic SEO methods to drive business to clients.

Created pamphlets and promotional materials for several clients.

I started building websites in order to supplement the income from Twin City because it was not enough.

Twin City Property Management, Halifax May 2018-May 2019

Superintendent-Twin City manages mostly smaller, older apartment buildings and some residences.

Responsible for maintaining the grounds for two small apt buildings (12 units each) and two residences.

Responsible for minor maintenance issues for residents such as plumbing. I know to change a toilet.

Painting of units was an extra.

McKinnon Management Group. Toronto, ON Sept. 2013-March 2018

Executive Recruiter-McKinnon Management Group is a national executive recruiting service.

Project management—In a crisis situation was tasked to revise the BA curriculum. Built vendor relationships with employers of choice and a network of relationships with C level business leaders

Advising on recruitment issues. Strategies, LMOs, and sourcing foreign workers.

Responsible for the full cycle recruitment process including sourcing strategies, screening resumes, interviewing applicants, reference checks, negotiating, and negotiating.

St. Stephen’s University, St. Stephen, New Brunswick 2003-2012

Registrar and Professor—SSU is a private degree-granting liberal arts university.

Project management—In a crisis situation was tasked to revise the BA curriculum. Achieved 15% reduction in operating costs and incalculable marketing exposure and recognition of degree status with other universities.

Project Management—Designed and implemented curriculum changes and policies for graduate curriculum to enhance degree recognition.

Website development and marketing.

Professor lecturing for bachelor and master level courses in Advanced Writing, Public Speaking, Research Skills, Linguistics, Languages, Management and Leadership, and Management Coaching/Training.

Registrar from 2005. Reporting to president, administered and supervised all aspects of curriculum, scheduling, content for academic calendar, and maintenance of student records. Continued full-time teaching.

Previous Experience as a Manager in Various Capacities

Managed several small businesses in Atlantic Canada.

Responsible for projects, marketing and communication strategies,

Internal and external communications, managing, training, investor relations, and strategic development.

Realized a yearly growth rate of 25% from 1997-2001 in Halifax.

Computer skills-Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Boolean searches, and easily learn how programs function.

References are available upon request.

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