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Been writing resume's and happened upon this, how serundipitous
"Overqualified: A new letter every Tuesday.
Looking for work is an exercise in selling yourself. You write cover letter after cover letter, listing the parts of you that you respect the least, listing the selling points that make you valuable in a buyer's market. You leave out the little details that you tell yourself in the morning to make things okay. You don't mention the way your heart flutters when you meet your lover's eyes across the table, the way your feet felt like lead at your aunt's funeral. You write cover letter after cover letter, listing the same store bought traits in the same wording, day after day, hoping to find another job.
And then maybe one day you just snap a little. You sit down to write a cover letter, and something entirely new comes out.
And you send it anyway"
I hate that I wrote about a job I loved, that i literally cried upon leaving, and all i put down were my computer skills and knowledge of the dewy-decimal system. The fact that i can change the glass on a slide without seriously injuring myself is not a marketable skill, but is a damn handy one. I hate this process. But sadly i see the need. Oy, heres to self marketing, where perception is reality
"Seriously what do I do? I can't just walk in there and be like 'I'm brillent, I'm snarky, I'm a workaholic, cute as all hell and have a mouth that would make a sailor blush...Hire me, at least you'll never be bored."
"Overqualified: A new letter every Tuesday.
Looking for work is an exercise in selling yourself. You write cover letter after cover letter, listing the parts of you that you respect the least, listing the selling points that make you valuable in a buyer's market. You leave out the little details that you tell yourself in the morning to make things okay. You don't mention the way your heart flutters when you meet your lover's eyes across the table, the way your feet felt like lead at your aunt's funeral. You write cover letter after cover letter, listing the same store bought traits in the same wording, day after day, hoping to find another job.
And then maybe one day you just snap a little. You sit down to write a cover letter, and something entirely new comes out.
And you send it anyway"
I hate that I wrote about a job I loved, that i literally cried upon leaving, and all i put down were my computer skills and knowledge of the dewy-decimal system. The fact that i can change the glass on a slide without seriously injuring myself is not a marketable skill, but is a damn handy one. I hate this process. But sadly i see the need. Oy, heres to self marketing, where perception is reality
"Seriously what do I do? I can't just walk in there and be like 'I'm brillent, I'm snarky, I'm a workaholic, cute as all hell and have a mouth that would make a sailor blush...Hire me, at least you'll never be bored."