Self-Introduction email

Subject: Self-introduction email

Dear Professor Blackstone

My name is Ting Pin Kiat, but you may address me as Pin Kiat for short. I am writing this email to help you to understand me better. I graduated with a diploma in engineering with business from Nanyang Polytechnic and am currently taking my bachelor’s of civil engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). 

Many people asked me why I chose an engineering course, and my response to them was simply passion. My interest in engineering grew when I started to do well in mathematics and science. Although I do not have a civil engineering background, I strongly believe with hard work and perseverance, will eventually lead me in becoming a professional engineer. I have always lived by this quote, “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”

During my national service, I took up roles that required me to pass down information to others clearly and concisely. That allowed me to build confidence in communicating with the people with whom I was unfamiliar. However, communicating in a large crowd has been my weakness since young as I have long been an introvert. I tend to feel uncomfortable communicating with strangers and will start to stutter at times. This is a fear I will learn to conquer through this module.

My goals in this module are to refine my public speaking skills and improve my writing skills. For my writing skills, I need to reduce the number of grammatical errors and refine my sentence structure. I look forward to learning more about effective communication and improving my English language under your guidance.

Thank you for taking your time to read this email.

Warmest regards

Pin Kiat

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The Importance of Communication Skills for Engineers

"Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get the message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter."

Gilbert Amelio, President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp

My Viewpoint:

It is important to interact and communicate well with your teammates in order to be a successful leader. Knowledge sharing allows the team to communicate, to work together better, and also a way of learning. If a leader is unable to communicate clearly and pass on the information, it can lead to confrontation and dispute along the way.

enthusiasm

to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then

having a message doesn't even matter."

Gilbert Amelio,

President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp