melissa You want to fight about it?

write a cover letter that doesn't make me sound like a complete douche bag (read all 3 entries…)
A lot of false starts... 19 months ago

Over the past few days, I’ve started on approximately ONE MILLION cover letters only to get about two paragraphs in before giving up in disgust.

I am just not good at selling myself, y’all. The resume is looking pretty spiffy. The cover letter is…blank.



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Faustus is in unfamiliar territory!

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easy way is to seek help. Some people are really good at stuff like this, and as funny as it may sound to have somebody else express your qualifications, you may get good results out of it.

melissa You want to fight about it?

That's a good idea.

I’ll start fishing around and see if I know anyone who could help me out.

Margaret is going to do this. This time, she has the drive.

Also

Ask to read your friends’ cover letters. Even if doing this doesn’t help you per se (and it probably will) you will at least get some good laughs. Cover letters are hysterical if you allow them to be.

melissa You want to fight about it?

A small problem...

I am the only one in my little group who has ever needed a resume, so yeah…that’s a no go.

I’m sure their cover letters would be fantastic though. Makes me smile just thinkin’ about it.

this comment has me

burning with curiousity about what it is that your friends do, if they do not need a resume/have never needed one!

:D

Margaret is going to do this. This time, she has the drive.

Same.

In my circle of friends, most people are involved with Liquid Highway where my boyfriend is a manager. My friends are generally baristas or general coffee whores, but we do have one friend who is a mechanic and another who is a vagrant. It’s a mix, I’ll tell you that. I’m the only one with a degree, and the only one whose salary beings with a 3.


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