miércoles, 14 de octubre de 2015

Cover Letter

October 02, 2015

Dear Mr. Gutiérrez,

Recently I heard that your company has a vacant place for the translator job, and I am really interested in it. The social labor that Nissan does is impressive; I know that your company supports the conservation of the environment, and the improvement of the education, which talks about the values you as a company have. I consider that my knowledge of languages, and values as a persona, such as responsibility and compromise, are what you are looking for. My native language is Spanish, and I am also fluent in English. I am very social and dedicated in everything that I do and believe that I fit in this job very well. I have dreamt with this job all my life, and it would be a pleasure to develop it at your company.

Sincerely,

Melissa Alejandra Naranjo Quiroz
http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/gxdkej39v

Formal e-mail

Re: Essay

Dear Mr. Stewart,

Regarding to our previous class on September 21, I am writing to you because I have some doubts about my last essay.

Could we please have a meeting in order to clarify some points about my essay; I would appreciate it if we meet on September 26, or September 27, 2015 to talk about them.

In the current e-mail I have attached my last draft for you to make any changes and will correct them as soon as possible.

I look forward to hear from you.

Best regards,

Melissa Alejandra Naranjo Quiroz
Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes
4457898900
Melissa.2015@office.es





Recomendation Letter

September 18, 2015
Aaron Patt Williams
BPP University
1834 Banker Street
London, England, 2908
Tel: 58467290900

Dear Mr. Patt:

My name is Melissa Alejandra Naranjo Quiroz, and I am a student of the Bachelor Art in English Language Teaching; I am taking a Japanese course as well. I met Mrs. Alexa Del Valle Rodriguez at a teaching congress in Cancun, Quintana Roo, and since then we have been close friends for around five years.

Mrs. Del Valle has experience in teaching at some Mexican universities; she has taught the Sociology course in two languages. She speaks Spanish, which is her native language, and she is also able to speak English fluently. Moreover, Mrs. Del Valle can handle technology such as computers well, and she combines technological and non-technological tools to give her lessons. Her values as a person are entrenched, such as tolerance, comprehension, solidarity, and so on, and they are reflected in the way she treats her students and colleagues. She gives the best of herself in her work, and tries to see the positive side of every challenging situation, by making the effort of learning about anything that surrenders her.

Mrs. Del Valle is a knowledgeable person, and she is focused in her study area which is sociology and health. She is a bilingual teacher, and has great values, which makes her a good professor and colleague. Finally, I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this letter; it means a lot.

Best regards,

Melissa Alejandra Naranjo Quiroz
College student
melissa.2015@office.es





Purpose Statement

Purpose statement

My ideal job is the one in which I could give the best of myself through the application of different languages. I would like to have a job where I can share experiences and knowledge with my colleagues, always trying my best to maintain a comfortable and cordial environment with them. It would be great to have a job in which I could learn something new from everybody, and above all I would be open to improve constantly in my languages skills. It also would be nice to work in a place which offers me the opportunity to travel, to know new cultures, and people, which is more, I would be open to explore new countries, cultures, etc. Languages are a beautiful part of the humanity, and all of them are worth to learn.


Expectations

1. I want a job where I can share experiences and knowledge with my colleagues.
2. I want a job where I can travel, know new places, people, and cultures.
3. I want a job where I can learn something new from everybody.
4. I want a job where I can explore and experience different languages.
5. I want a job where I can explore and improve all my language skills.


“I will” statements

1. I will do my best to maintain a comfortable and cordial environment with my colleagues.
2. I will be open to improve constantly in my personal skills.
3. I will be open to explore new languages and cultures.
4. I will be open to travel to any country to learn new things.
5. I will be open to comments and reviews from my colleagues.

Compare and Contrast Essay

Microsoft Versus Apple: The Eternal Battle

Microsoft and Apple, the two current technological giants in this era. When thinking about great and worldwide rivals, Microsoft and Apple immediately appear, since for the last 40 years, both have been in a battle of developing the best products for the market (Williams, 2015, para 1). Microsoft and Apple take place as two of the most innovator companies nowadays which develop competitive operating systems and devices, both present massive fan bases, but the cost of their products may vary depending on the kind of device.

The development of operating systems and devices that both companies present has some similarities, but much more differences. Microsoft Corporation not only is a groundbreaking of software and hardware, but also distributes its software with other technology companies (Annual report, 2014, p. 6). Microsoft builds up operating systems and devices, and it also lays out hardware with other companies, which allows the corporation to embrace such a big area of business. Apple Company encompasses also both business; it manufactures software and creates hardware (Linzmayer, 1999, as cited in Whittington, 2008, p.113). Apple as well as Microsoft unrolls operating system and devices, with the difference that it does not distribute software to other companies. These two corporations create their products but only Microsoft sells some of them to other enterprises.

These companies count with massive and loyal fan bases. But according to a recent study, Apple presents a score of 28 in custom loyalty whereas Microsoft got a score of just 8 (Williams, 2015, para 4). And in customer satisfaction, Apple got 41% not the same for Microsoft with only 19% (Williams, 2015, para 4). These results reflect that even though the products of Microsoft are competitive, Apple presents a bigger amount of loyal consumers. In the case of customer satisfaction, Apple is the winner again, and its products satisfied much more consumers than Microsoft. Everyday both Microsoft and Apple gain a bigger fan base, but with these statistics reverberate that Apple has more loyal buyers.

The cost of the products of each company has lots of variations. Taking into account that these companies distribute a wild diversity of products, a netbook from Apple bears an average cost of 1,499 US dollars (MacBook Pro, 2015, para 2), a tablet costs around 599 US dollars (iPad Air 2, 2015, para 2), and a cellphone is about 649 US dollars (iPhone 6S, 2015, para 1). On the other hand, a Microsoft`s laptop is about 1,999 US dollars (Microsoft store, 2015, para 2), a tablet has an average cost of 499 US dollars (Microsoft store, 2015, para 2), and a cellphone costs around 249 US dollars (Offers, 2015, para 1). As the previous information shows, Microsoft has more accessible prices in all its products, whereas Apple prices are higher in every category such as laptops, tablets and cellphones. A bigger amount of population is able to get a Microsoft device than an Apple one, and this happens because Apple`s devices present a higher cost than Microsoft ones.

Both companies Microsoft and Apple are creators and developers of software and hardware, both also possess lots of consumers and fans, and both have variation on the cost of their products. The two enterprises design operating systems and devices, but only Microsoft has relations and sells its software to other companies, otherwise Apple produces software for its own hardware. The Apple`s fandom base happens to be more loyal than Microsoft`s; and the products that Apple brings out to the market cost more than Microsoft ones. These companies have a lot of variations between them and just a few similarities, but the two of them are in a constant evolution and development, and their principal purpose is to offer to buyers the best product in the market.


References

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iPad Air 2. (2015). Apple. Retrieved from
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-air-2

iPhone 6s. (2015). Apple. Retrieved form
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone6s 

MacBook Pro. (2015). Apple. Retrieved from
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro

Microsoft store. (2015). Microsoft. Retrieved from http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/list/categoryID.69404900?icid=PC_Category_ModG_Laptops_05202015&sortby=ranking%20ascending&filters=samsung

Microsoft store. (2015). Microsoft. Retrieved from http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/list/categoryID.69404900?icid=PC_Category_ModG_Laptops_05202015&sortby=ranking%20ascending&filters=microsoft

Offers. Find the best up-to-the-minute offers directly from our partners. (2015). Microsoft. Retrieved form
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/phone/lumia640-xl/offers/

Whittington, R. (2008). What is strategy - and how does it matter? London, England: Cengage Learning EMEA. Retrieved from https://books.google.com.mx/books?hl=es&lr=&id=PP6IMSkbYWoC&oi=fnd&pg=PR8&dq=what+is+the+strategy+and+how+does+it+matter&ots=_nKwh49nkK&sig=IyjP00z55jIovWFaWmfSPRXJjxs#v=onepage&q=what%20is%20the%20strategy%20and%20how%20does%20it%20matter&f=false

Williams, W. (2015). Microsoft vs. Apple - Which has the most loyal and satisfied customers? Retrieved from http://betanews.com/2015/04/07/microsoft-vs-apple-which-has-the-most-loyal-and-satisfied-customers/