Hi Chrissy Get someone else to write your covering letters. Its all about what you say in the cover letter. A good ending is something like 'I look forward to demonstrating ..... in person'.
My father in law writes all my wives cover letters (he is very good at it) and she ALLWAYS gets an interview (and usually the job). All this and she has no quals to speak of, I remain suitably impressed ! Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "ChrissyR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Hmmmm > I have applied to 2000+ fucking jobs all over the country. Each time > I get told that someone else better matched their criteria. Second sucks. > > One position was made for me - they wanted someone who had a degree, > a few years in the industry, was "into cars", could program in a few languages > understood design principles, could take photos on digital and wet film cameras, > knew something about video making, could teach others how to do some of the > work and knew about the motor industry. The position was for a web developer > for someone in the motor industry. > > The covering letter I sent to the agency said (all 100% true) listed these attributes > I am (have since resigned) a car club mag editor > I can programme in 40+ languages > I have been programming since 1979 > I have an A- average in my comptuer science degree > I am a photographer in my spare time > I have made a movie which got my group 4 A+s, an A and an A- at uni and won > a movie contest > I have design papers > I have my own web site (all deleted about an hour ago) which I have run for 6 > years > I can rebuild a car motor and have done so many times > I work for a tyre reseller (the position I quit yesterday) > I have taught computer science papers at uni > > Apparently the agent said that I was not suitable so would not put my name > forward and would not give me the company name. > > I have given up on looking for work now - one can only be fucked so many times > before one loses hope. > > Chrissy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:13 PM > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Hmmmm > > > > > > Ok > > > > Chrissy > > > > You got my attention, If you ever move north you have a job > > (also I'm tempted to pronounce Chrissy ala boys from the black stuff...he > > also had morals) > > > > N > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ChrissyR > > Sent: Friday, 16 April 2004 2:23 p.m. > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List > > Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Hmmmm > > > > > > > > > > > Well, he SHOULD be able to get some new cloths soon when he Sue's > > > Chrissys work for pirating software....although it might have to be > > > cloths from Halliensteins as he still has to fork out $5K to > > > Chrissy...hehehehe > > > > I will save him the $5k - he can keep it. > > > > > > I quit yesterday. Now I really have no money but I got sick of them > > saying that they would so the right thing when they could afford it. > > I told them that honesty is important to me and to have mine questioned > > every time I put in a time sheet is upsetting and that I have decided it is > > not worth it any more. I did no add (but really really wanted to) that to > > have the owner of this company question my integrity is laughable under > > the circumstances. His reply: > > > > > Thank you for your email. I must say I am somewhat surprised at your > > > attitude , however I accept your resignation. > > > > > > So now I am totally without work and cannot afford to live any longer. > > Guess that is the price one pays for integrity. > > > > Chrissy. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
