Chris Smith
123 Any Street • City, ST 12345 • (555) 555-5555 • csmith@email.com

June 1, 200–

Pat Cummings
Manager
Any Restaurant
456 Any Street
City, ST 12345
FAX (555) 555-5557

Dear Ms. Cummings:

Please accept the attached resume as a formal expression of my desire to interview for and ideally serve in the restaurant-manager trainee position. The posting in the Post revealed that the qualities you seek match those I possess.

During the past seven years, I have held positions of responsibility in banquet and special-event catering, function management, and restaurant food service operations. I have additional experience in front-desk operation of a conference facility. In each position, I nurtured ever-improving organizational, leadership, training, and supervisory skills in settings dedicated to providing quality service and performance in high-volume operations.

Looking ahead to what I believe can be an achievement-filled career with Any Restaurant, I feel confident that I can successfully perform all the duties of a trainee and, soon after completing training, be an effective profit- and performance-driven manager of an Any Restaurant location.

If past performance does predict future success, I will be very successful, if given the opportunity to do so. Please allow me the chance to share my past achievements and future ambitions during an interview. I will call to confirm your receipt of this fax (originals to follow in the mail) and to arrange a mutually convenient time and date for an interview. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Chris Smith