Am I Weird?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

The one thing a cover can do that a resume can't is express enthusiasm. But you can express enthusiasm at least as well in a paragraph as you can in a page. Probably better.

Right.

And I tend to think that many employers probably use them more as a writing sample than anything else.

[*winter*]

AST alum, I hear you...these applications are so detailed, I often wondered what the point was of having to submit a résumé when everything is detailed in the application itself.

[DubaiSis]

Well I'd definitely be talking about "I've been aware of XYZ corp since I studied you in my history of awesome companies class at Harvard. As I learned more about your programs to end world hunger and bring on world peace I came to think more and more that I'd love to be part of this organization and do my part to impact the world in such a real and important way" not "OMG you're so awesome! I totally want to work for you!"

[*winter*]

Haha I tried to avoid calling him awesome! It was difficult but I managed

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Haha I tried to avoid calling him awesome! It was difficult but I managed

Calling HIM awesome? Do you know him? Sorry, but that sounds really, really weird.









eta: He must not be Catholic

[*winter*]

I'm joking. It was in response to one of the comments made by another poster.

I was joking about my dad too, obviously, in the other thread. Since I was the one to arrange for the priest to do his Last Rites when he was in the ICU last winter, he is aware that I know how important his religion is to him.


If this is going to turn into some GC pile-on... Not interested.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by *winter*

If this is going to turn into some GC pile-on... Not interested.

LOL. The thread topic isn't interesting enough for a GC pile-on. This holiday week can't possibly be boring enough to warrant that.

[DrPhil]

I don't think you've made an ass out of yourself. You were motivated and learned from this experience. All of us learn from experiences but we wouldn't learn if we didn't take the initial risk. If every GC username posted a diary of our life's mistakes, you would find some interesting and humbling things perhaps even as recent as this evening.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Lessons learned. Plus, that company may have read your 3+ pages of awesome. Or, you said enough in page 1 to warrant a call back. Good luck!

[DubaiSis]

Shall I tell you about the cover letter I sent to my Congressman while in college asking for a job? In it I said something about that I thought this was the Democrat's year (meaning that's a good thing). Somehow it had escaped me that this Congressman, someone my Dad supported, was a REPUBLICAN. Needless to say I haven't spent the last 25 years working in politics

[amIblue?]

You know the difference between apart and a part. You're cool with me.