Any advise would be appreciated.  Thanks!!!

*sigh*

The first paragraph is milquetoast, vanilla when you need pumpkin spice.  Sadly, I'd tend to use the same paragraph.  Maybe keep it shorter:  In response to your advertised THIS POSITION in This Newspaper [date], I am submitting my resume with this letter.

>> For that reason, I feel that I am an excellent candidate for this position and would be a great asset to your organization.

Let's drop 'I feel'.  Sure it feels too assertive, but you've got to be.

>>I believe to be successful in life; education is the key and a continuous goal.

Um, wrong use of the semi-colon.  It's a comma spot.  I'm also thinking 'should be a continuous goal.' But feel free to disagree with that part.

>>The knowledge I have is not easily reflected in a résumé.

Try anyway.  A skills section would be a great leader, if you want to focus on your skills.  I don't have access to the various links for various formats, but you might want a functional or blended resume instead of chronological.  I'm not the board moderator/expert, but I think of a resume in pieces.  Always start with your name and contact info.  The rest goes in as makes you look best.  In your case, it may be: skills, education--if special and recent coursework related to work, employment history.  [I saw the continuing portion with your resume after I started responding.]

>>May I arrange an interview to further discuss my qualifications?  I am available for an interview at a mutually convenient time.

This seems repetitive.  Perhaps: How would you prefer [ or Can ] we arrange a mutually convenient time to interview and further discuss my qualifications?

NEVER EVER put down 'References on Request'.  This is outdated advice.  Really, if I ask you for references, are you going to say no, and expect me to hire you anyway?

I would think you would put your skills in a bulleted list. The commas ... make it easy to miss stuff.  And you might, if you're looking outside the educational fields, need to explain some of the acronyms.  Or really, trim them altogether, and show more of what will make you a good salesperson, and less what made you good in education.

Hi bloom01,

Thank you for posting your resume and cover letter to this forum. Authorjln gave you great tips to improve your documents. Here are a few more:

Cover letter:
- Remove the line about looking for an organization that values its employees. It's too focused on what you're looking for and not about the value that you offer this organization.

- Add a few accomplishments that are relevant to the job. The cover letter seems to be a broad overview of your qualifications, but it would be stronger if you included examples of how you performed in a similar role. So if you were targeting a registrar position, you can talk about how you successfully manage the registrar for X number of students. You can describe any systems or processes that you implemented to improve the registrar function. Mention any benchmarks that you achieved, such as consistently maintaining 100% accuracy for all student records.

Resume:
- Edit some of the content. I like how you broke down your job functions into categories and described your relevant experience, but you have quite a bit of information listed for your current and previous job. Look for bullets that can be removed or combined. For example, your 2nd and 3rd bullets under "Data Integrity" are related concepts and can probably be combined into one bullet.

- Add accomplishments. Just like accomplishments are important to include in the cover letter, your resume should also show how well you performed your job duties. How did your work performance contribute to your employers' operations? Make sure you include accomplishments for each of your positions.

- Use past tense for jobs you no longer hold.

I hope this is helpful!