Job-hunting question!

[errantpenny]

I just found a posting for a job that really intrigues me.

It's a bookkeeping position with a funky used bookstore in the city -- actually, I think they carry new *and* used stuff.

Question:

Applying in person.

A way to stand out from the pack?

OR

Pushy and desperate?

Comments

[myasma]

as long as you are confident, you won't look pushy and desperate. If you wear a funny hat, you will really stand out from the pack.

[errantpenny]

Alas, I don't have a funny hat.

However, my hair is always funny. Will that do?

[chefjen]

[errantpenny]

That's a good point.

I wish I knew this bookstore better, well enough to be a regular. Unfortunately, I've only been there once -- but I liked it!

[inishglora]

Pushy and desperate? Nay! More like "self-directed" and "interested in the possibilities." You'll have an invisible sign on your forehead saying, "Hire me."

[errantpenny]

Well, I want to buy that Barbara Kingsolver book anyway.

Two birds with one stone, don't ya know. :)

[seajelly]

i agree with them, i don't see anything wrong with applying in person. that's how i got my first jobs when i moved up here.

what b.kingsolver book are you getting? i've been reading her book of essays, 'small wonder,' for a while now.

[errantpenny]

inishglora had recommended "Animal Dreams" -- have you read it?

[seajelly]

no, i haven't read anything else by her. she's been on my 'to read' list for a while. soo many books, so little time:-|

[errantpenny]

soo many books, so little time:-|

I know!!

Off-topic, now -- were you disappointed in last night's Lost episode, 'cause I thought it sucked.