In this blog post, we will introduce how to effectively incorporate the practical skills and sense of responsibility required for financial jobs into your self-introduction letter based on your part-time work experience, such as customer service and cash handling.
Growing up
When I was a child, my family was always struggling financially. Even when I needed school supplies or workbooks, I had to beg and plead with my parents for a long time before they would give me my allowance. My family’s only priority was survival. While my friends took private lessons at cram schools and purchased workbooks, I had to pursue the best education I could get at school and study on my own. Thanks to my tenacity and persistence, I was able to earn praise as a top student, but when people told me, “It’s amazing that you got such good grades without going to cram school,” I felt a little bitter. It wasn’t my fault that I had to carry such a handicap.
My parents were also saddened by the fact that they couldn’t do more for me and my younger sibling, but as the eldest child, I could fully understand their pain and conflict. My younger sibling was immature and constantly compared our family to their friends, lamenting why they couldn’t enjoy the same things, but I knew that our family was struggling so much that we couldn’t even afford to worry about such things. Furthermore, rather than just being a child who needed to be cared for by my parents, I felt a sense of duty to grow up as a member of the family who knew how to do my share of the work. I always did my best to be a mature older sister who could accept my younger brother and a reliable eldest daughter to my parents. The reality was too much for my parents to bear on their own, and I wanted to help them in any way I could.
School life
It was a time when I always tried my best to live up to the life and circumstances I had been given. In addition, I didn’t want to hear people say that I had no choice but to grow up that way because of my family’s financial difficulties, so I worked harder than anyone else at school and did my best to be a dignified child who knew how to maintain her self-esteem. Unlike my friends who studied hard for vague reasons such as “I have to study hard to get into a good university,” “My parents told me to,” or “Adults say it’s good,” I was able to live a motivated life every day with a stronger motivation, which became the foundation for me to maintain excellent grades. I knew that if I gave up even a little and faltered, I would fall uncontrollably.
As a result of constantly keeping myself in check through self-management that did not reveal my depressing family circumstances and atmosphere, and thorough studying, I was able to earn the trust of the adults and teachers around me and pave a more solid path in my life. I also learned that as long as I faced the world with a positive attitude and worked hard, I would be able to build relationships with people who appreciated my efforts. I was able to earn the respect of those who watched over me by doing my best in all of my activities, both individual and school-related. My strategy of working hard without being calculating, so that my good behavior would serve as advertising for myself, allowed me to act more intelligently in my relationships with those around me, such as by connecting with seniors and professors during my college years to build a network that would support me throughout my life.
Personality
In order to adapt to the reality I am given, I am a person who is quick to pick up on things and knows how to work hard. Since I was a student, I have gained experience through various part-time jobs, which has allowed me to understand my role and position within a group and develop the social skills to respond appropriately. Rather than unconditionally asserting my principles in life, I considered strategies such as what the dynamics and tendencies between people are and what approach would be best for me to take in order to understand them. As a result, I was able to interact with people who had reservations or felt distant from me, and I was able to learn from those experiences. Rather than just memorizing and understanding strategies in my head, I grew faster by taking on challenges and experiencing them firsthand. Part-time work was essential for me to graduate from college, but through that experience, I was able to steadily build skills that I could use in the real world.
This provided me with an opportunity to expand my influence and sense of belonging by interacting smoothly with people not only in professional settings but also in private settings. I knew very well that it is almost impossible to make friends with many people without changing who you are, so I had to play different roles like a chameleon to meet the needs of different people.
Life philosophy
No matter how difficult or exhausting it may be, I want to live a life without giving up. When I was a child, I had to worry about where my next meal was coming from every day, and I often wondered if I would ever be as happy as other people, even if I worked hard. Unlike other people who achieved many things steadily in a relatively smooth manner, I had too many obstacles to overcome and limitations in my life.
However, I believed that even if the mountain seemed far away, if I kept walking every day without thinking about it, it would eventually become closer to me. With this belief, I continued to improve my abilities through my studies and part-time work, and I was able to reach my current position.
Reason for applying and aspirations after joining the company
As a child, I had to endure somewhat difficult family circumstances, but I was in a position where I had to find hope by thinking about my many natural gifts and the foundation I had built in reality. Rather than being born in a foreign country where I had to worry about my next meal and the desperate need to survive, I felt that starting my life in South Korea, where I could be guaranteed a certain amount of opportunity as long as I worked hard, was a blessing that allowed me to move forward without losing hope. Your company’s promotional campaign, which emphasizes providing such “opportunities,” piqued my interest and led me to apply.
If I am given the opportunity to do my best at your company, I will strive to prove the value I have been relentlessly pursuing in order to find hope in life, as someone who has been able to achieve more than what I was born with through my perseverance and determination. There was a time when I forgot all my visions and dreams and wondered if it wasn’t best to just devote myself to my family, but I always had the determination to work hard at my job, using the opportunities I had seized with all my strength as a stepping stone, rather than establishing myself as a member of society who was merely escaping from reality.
