anzila: (*Headdesk*)
anzila ([personal profile] anzila) wrote2011-01-24 06:34 pm

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I swear, cover letters have to be the most contradictory impossible to write pieces of BS I've ever encountered, and I went to a Liberal Arts college.
lyrangalia: (XKCD boomdeyada)

[personal profile] lyrangalia 2011-01-25 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Yes they are.

But on the other hand, write about three or four of them and by then you have enough generic "this is why I'm good and this is why your place of employment is interesting and why you should hire me" claptrap to copy and paste into any number of cover letters!

[identity profile] anzila.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I have these qualifications and would like money to live. Please hire me. :|"
lyrangalia: Curling vines Lyra (Default)

[personal profile] lyrangalia 2011-01-25 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah but I don't think you're supposed to tell them that you need money to live. I think you're supposed to tell them how special they are and how much you admire their products/work ethic/stance on African swallows, and then beg for a job.

Sometimes I'm tempted to write it in crayon.

[identity profile] anzila.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
That could work.

"I drew you a pretty picture of us holding hands. I'll be your best friend of you hire me. Also, here is a paper mache ash tray."
lyrangalia: (House facepalm)

[personal profile] lyrangalia 2011-01-25 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa, you'd go for paper mache? I was just going to use play doh. :(