Dear Hiring Manager,

My name is Michael Allison I am an energic, motivated, young

technical writer, who is extremely interested by the prospect of
working for Integrated Talent Strategies.

I am on the verge of completing a course on technical and

professional writing at The University of New Mexico. This course has
taught me to plan and execute writing technical documents.
Additionally, I have learned to format documents using principles of
visual design to create easy to digest documents.

One major unit of the technical and professional writing course

focused on instruction manual design. In this unit I planned and
created mock instruction manuals for a coffee maker and a copy
machine.

I have previously worked as a server in a busy restaurant, which has

excellently prepared me for working in other fast-paced
environments like Integrated Talent Strategies.

I have had many life experiences that have well equipped me to

collaborate with others. As the social chair of my fraternity, I worked
with venues, vendors, university officials, leaders of other
organizations, and other officers in my fraternity to organize large
events. As an administrative assistant at Wicked Edge Precision Knife
Sharpeners I participated in strategizing meetings, working with other
team members to plan goals for the company. Additionally, as a
server I often worked in conjunction with other servers, managers,
and bussers.

I believe that I would be an excellent addition to the Integrated

Talent Strategies team, and I look forward to further talking to you.

Best Wishes,
Michael Allison
 MICHAEL
ALLISON
Technical Writer

PROFILE EDUCATION
I am a novice technical University of New Mexico
writer currently pursuing 2018 - Present
a BA in Political Science Actively pursuing a BA in Political Science
at the University of New 2 of 4 years completed
Mexico. I have 3.0 cumulative GPA
experience writing
instruction manuals and Santa Fe Preparatory
other technical 2014 - 2018
documents. I am well 3.1 cumulative GPA
versed in the Microsoft
Office Suite. I work well EXPERIENCE:
with others, have strong
organizational skills, and UNM - Technical Writing Course
I’m always happy to Jan 2020 – MAY 2020
take initiative. I learned the principles of technical writing
and applied them to a variety of mock
CONTACT technical documents including:
PHONE: • Instruction manuals
678-555-0103 • Emails
• Memos
EMAIL:
miallison@unm.edu
Flying Star Café – Counter-Server
May 2019 – Mar 2020
I worked as a team with other counter-servers and line cooks to get
orders out as quickly as possible and provide great customer service

Wicked Edge Precision Knife Sharpeners – Administrative Assistant

JUN 2018 – AUG 2018
I served as assistant to the CEO and Director of Dealer Services my
responsibilities consisted of:
• Participating in meetings
• Writing product summaries
• Assisting with product development using GeoMagic graphics
software
• Developing and updating Excel spreadsheets to track, analyze
and report sales data

Sigma Chi Fraternity Beta Xi Chapter – Social Chair

JAN 2020 – MAR 2020
I served as the social chair of my fraternity. My duties included:
• Planning and organizing social and philanthropy events and
delegating tasks to members of my committee
• Working with The University of New Mexico, outside venues,
security, etc. to organize events.
• Maintaining relations with other Greek organizations on campus

SKILLS
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational and time management skills
Team player
Technical writing
Instruction manual design