Jeff, Behind every successful executives career there is at least one break; one time where someone took a chance on them and they proved them right. I am a Sr. Specialist with DealBench. With redeployment looming, I have been told to begin looking within Enron for opportunities. This brings us to this email that I have written you; I am asking you for my chance. I have a Business degree and 4 years of experience with Deloitte Consulting. I have nearly 8 months of experience with DealBench, acting as the product development manager, strategist, marketer, nearly everything. I am flexible, adaptive, intelligent, and quite possibly the hardest worker you have working for you at Enron. True this is a bold statement, but I firmly believe it and since I've got only a few minutes of your time, I better sell hard! I have no ego. I am, after all, only a Sr. Specialist. I haven't transcended into the Manager/Director level where I have seen others stubbornly think they know everything. I am hungry; I love the business world and will do whatever it takes to succeed. I would like to propose myself for an executive-trainee program within your office. At other companies, I have seen this tool effectively used to help ambitious individuals learn invaluable business skills. At Deloitte, the program was a year rotation where Senior Consultants would assist the CEO in whatever they could. I know people that have participated and they have all learned much more than they ever dreamed. The learning's that I would get from a year within your office would help me immensely as I work myself toward the upper echelons of management. Bottom Line: What's in it for you 1) An excellent member of your team that will help you and your organization succeed 2) An open channel to the perspective of lower levels within your organization 3) More ambition in one person than you thought possible What's in it for me 1) A once in a lifetime opportunity to learn what it really takes to run a business 2) Knowledge, knowledge, knowledge I hope that you will take a few minutes of your time to evaluate this idea. I truly believe it can become a powerful learning tool within Enron like it has at other companies, and I would be honored to be the first person to participate. I wasn't sure if I should write this message (your too busy, you don't know me from Adam, blah, blah), but I decided to take a chance. I hope that you will consider taking a chance on me. Thanks for your time. I have attached my resume for your review.
Answer: Redeployment Opportunity - 3 minutes of your time
Kimberly; This is to confirm Mr. Lavorato's attendance as a VP PRC Committee observer to the following meeting: ? EES VP PRC on 12 July beginning at 8:00 am (location TBD) EES HR will provide you with additional details on the location of this meeting. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Regards,
Answer: VP PRC Committee observer assignments.
One day, while walking down the street, a highly successful lawyer was tragically hit by a bus and killed. His soul arrived up in Heaven, where he was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself. "Welcome to Heaven," said St. Peter. "Before you get settled in, though, it seems we have a problem. You see, we've never once had a lawyer make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you." "No problem-just let me in," said the lawyer "Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven, and then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in." "Actually, I think I've made up my mind...I prefer to stay in Heaven," said the lawyer "Sorry, we have rules," said St. Peter, and with that, he put the lawyer in an elevator and it went down-down-down to Hell. The doors opened and the lawyer found himself stepping out onto the putting green on a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club, and standing in front of him were all of his friends and fellow lawyers with whom he had worked. They were all dressed in black tie and evening gowns and cheering for him. They ran up and kissed him on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf, and that night went to the country club where he enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner. The lawyer even got to meet the Devil, who was actually a woman and very good looking. He had a great time telling jokes and dancing. In fact, the lawyer was having such a good time, that before he knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook his hand, thanked him for coming and waved goodbye as he got on the elevator. The elevator went up-up-up and opened back at the Pearly Gates, where he found St. Peter waiting for him. "Now it's time to spend a day in Heaven," he said. So the lawyer spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. He had a great time, and before he knew it, his 24 hours were up. St. Peter came and got him. "So, you've spent a day in Hell and you've spent a day in Heaven. Now you must choose your eternity," he said. The lawyer paused for a second, and then replied, "Well, I never thought I'd say this. I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I think I had a better time in Hell." So St. Peter escorted him to the elevator and again he went down-down-down, back to Hell. When the doors of the elevator opened, the lawyer found himself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. He saw his friends and fellow lawyers were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks. The Devil appeared before the lawyer. She now had horns sticking out of her head, fire spit out her ears and nose and she had a very evil laugh The lawyer stammered: "I don't understand. Yesterday, I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and danced and had a great time. Now all there is a wasteland of garbage and all of my friends and fellow lawyers look overworked and miserable." The Devil looked at the lawyer and smiled. "Yesterday we were recruiting you; today you're ours."
Answer: Life in the Law Firm
Hunter, My name is Adrian Clark and I am an executive recruiter in the energy industry. One of my industry sources referred you to me and said you were the head of a trading desk there. My firm, First Call Associates, searches for qualified candidates for energy trading and marketing companies across North America and Europe. I am curious to know if you would be interested in discussing new job opportunities we are working on. You can find more information about my firm at www.firstcallassociates.com. We are very familiar with the nuances of the energy trading business and have built relationships with many energy companies enabling us to present qualified employees for their consideration. Be assured that any information we discuss will be completely confidential. My apologies for sending this to your email at work but I have not been successful reaching you during business hours. Adrian Clark Director First Call Associates, Inc. 8 Andrew Dr. Canton, CT 06019 (860)693-4122 (860)693-4118 (fax) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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