Strange Days
I received this in the mail today:
"Dear Mr. Ripley,
Thank you for your interest in the associate position at ******* & ****, and for taking the time to speak with us about your qualifications for the position. After meeting with you and reviewing your credentials, we have made a decision to continue our search.
Best wishes for a successful employment search."
The punchline: I already have a job lined up. I just kind of chuckled after reading this. I'm surprised that an attorney, the product of seven years of graduate and postgraduate study, can't write a simple letter without coming off like a jerk. I know that I am splitting hairs and that this attorney could not care less about my opinion of this letter, but it would have taken the same amount of time to write a version that isn't vaguely insulting and doesn't ignore the first rule of writing: if you are writing something meant to be seen by someone else, write with your audience in mind! If it weren't for Maha, I'd think that letter writing was a lost art.
"Dear Mr. Ripley,
Thank you for your interest in the associate position at ******* & ****, and for taking the time to speak with us about your qualifications for the position. After meeting with you and reviewing your credentials, we have made a decision to continue our search.
Best wishes for a successful employment search."
The punchline: I already have a job lined up. I just kind of chuckled after reading this. I'm surprised that an attorney, the product of seven years of graduate and postgraduate study, can't write a simple letter without coming off like a jerk. I know that I am splitting hairs and that this attorney could not care less about my opinion of this letter, but it would have taken the same amount of time to write a version that isn't vaguely insulting and doesn't ignore the first rule of writing: if you are writing something meant to be seen by someone else, write with your audience in mind! If it weren't for Maha, I'd think that letter writing was a lost art.