When you're on Craigslist and you click the marketing/pr/ad section listed under "jobs" you expect way more from those posts than say, accounting+finance and biotech/science. I mean, these people are, by trade, supposed to know how to get your attention, engage you and sell you something - in this case a job. The majority of these companies don't give away their name (yet are still happy to claim they are industry leaders, more often than not working with Fortune 500 companies). Right. How am I supposed to target, tailor and interview proof my application unless I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. (Sorry, that simply had to be said in capitals!) I mean, generic copy/paste cover letters are for people who like their inbox to look like this:
Inbox: - (0)
Post-recession job hunting can be pretty degrading and sometimes even humiliating, I'm trying to keep my integrity on a decent level by not clicking titles like these:
$70K-$100K Be a leader, Its only POSSIBLE if you BELIEVE it
100% THE MOST LUCRATIVE OPPERTUNITY BEING OFFERED TO MAKE 10K+ MONTH!!
ARE YOU READY FOR A NEW CAREER? $50-$100K-TRAINING & SUPPORT PROVIDED
Thankfully, at times, you get blown away by funny requirements like these:
- A writing style that doesn't sound like it came from a term paper or a corporate handbook
- Ability to operate independently and under pressure
- In possession of some really solid people skills
- Comfort with Macs and Gmail/Google Docs
- Awesomeness
- Permanent U.S. work authorization
- Someone, at some point in your life, told you that you have a lot of common sense. And they weren't being sarcastic.
Despite all the bogus that's out there I do enjoy navigating through all the crap. So how am I doing so far? Well, I'm bagging interviews like it's going out of fashion, and I'm truly humbled by all the responses so far. Fingers crossed they'll like me offline as well!
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