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Daily Discussion Thread: 🍾 Fri 2 Feb 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I'm writing a cover letter for the first time in 7 years (got my last job through contacts and personally introducing myself).

This is so tedious and frustrating. I keep writing "I bring..." and it ends up sounding like "I bring tales of adventure, stories of wisdom, and the skillset of a wizard" or something stupid like that.

I'm also trying real hard not to start a paragraph dissing myself with "While I have an unconventional background in..." - like, don't lead with negatives. hard habit to break

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

'My mettle is unsurpassed and my commitment to making you more money means that you will get more money'.

I used that once. Didn't work though :(

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

Who doesn't want more money?! Their loss :(

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

The skill set of a wizard is awesome. Unless of course you are applying to be a murder hobo.

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The best and most effective cover letter I ever wrote went like this : "This job sounds interesting. I think I can do it well." That was all I wrote. Got a call back within 15 minutes.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

My first ‘real’ job letter took 24hr and a bottle of vodka. Worked though 😺

[–] bacon@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

i’m getting started on that in a few weeks for the first time in over ten years. will enlist chatGPT for help.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah idk why I didn't just do that from the start. So much of it is guff anyway

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If someone said something original and genuinely entertaining like "I bring tales of adventure, stories of wisdom, and the skillset of a wizard" I'd give them a job!

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

😭 I wish I had a radar for detecting which people reviewing job apps would have enough of a sense of humour because I'd have os much more fun writing that.