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[anzila]

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.

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[teal-deer.livejournal.com]

yes

yes they are

[lyrangalia]

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!

[anzila.livejournal.com]

They redefine BS

[anzila.livejournal.com]

"I have these qualifications and would like money to live. Please hire me. :|"

[lyrangalia]

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.

[anzila.livejournal.com]

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]

Whoa, you'd go for paper mache? I was just going to use play doh. :(

[tigerzahn.livejournal.com]

When you're five you're taught that honesty is the best policy in goddamn everything.

When you're an adult, you laugh at the concept with the kind of amusement usually only reserved for howler monkeys.