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Resumes are icky
Mar. 18th, 2005 07:55 amI've spent the last hour failing to fall back asleep but succeeding in writing a cover letter and resume. (How does one make an accent aigu? I have no clue. Ooh, that rhymed!)
I've come to the conclusion that cover letters are not, in truth, a way for you to introduce yourself and tell the person reading it why, exactly, you've sent them a list of useful skills they might be willing to employ for money. In reality, cover letters let the Person In Charge at the place you'd like to work cackle with demented glee as he or she watches you painfully wiggle your way through a crapload of patronizing BS and self-important statistics, all in the space of two paragraphs.
It's sick, I tell you. Sick.
I've come to the conclusion that cover letters are not, in truth, a way for you to introduce yourself and tell the person reading it why, exactly, you've sent them a list of useful skills they might be willing to employ for money. In reality, cover letters let the Person In Charge at the place you'd like to work cackle with demented glee as he or she watches you painfully wiggle your way through a crapload of patronizing BS and self-important statistics, all in the space of two paragraphs.
It's sick, I tell you. Sick.
