What is the best format for a cover letter – blank verse or iambic pentameter.

[Jonathan Smith, RLA]

Any input on which rhyme scheme is best suited for a cover letter?

[Jon Quackenbush]

I love a blank page.  I like to create mystery and intrigue…

 

 

[Jonathan Smith, RLA]

Oooo!  Or invisible ink!  Written backward so you have to stand in front of the bathroom mirror to read it!

[Jon Quackenbush]

If it were written in invisible ink, backwards or forwards you couldn’t read it… you’d be staring at a blank page in the mirror.

[Jonathan Smith, RLA]

…unless you had decoder goggles…

[Heather Smith]

I think you should just use the elfin language from Lord of the Rings…that will definitely highlight your creativity.

[Jonathan Smith, RLA]

Woh…not to be rude, Heather, but you’re WAY off!  Where did you go to school anyway?

[Boilerplater]

This friend of mine sent a thank you letter for an interview via a telegram and even used old-timey formatting with “stop” after each sentence.  This was around 10 years ago.  I don’t think you can even do telegrams any more.  Needless to say, he wasn’t called back by the employer.

[Heather Smith]

haha…oh man! I would love to hear other wacky ideas. haha. Can you imagine their faces? I do know of someone who sent a poem with spicy chocolates. 😉 He didn’t hear anything back either. haha. Maybe a singing telegram…someone dressed up like a clown that hand delivers your portfolio. haha.

 

[Andrew Garulay, RLA]

One way is to write your cover letter like a personal letter straight from yourself. Any other way is going to present something other than you. If it is a tried and true method that everyone is talking about, it will sound like everyone else who is jumped on the bandwagon.

If everyone else sounds like a marketing pitch and you do the same, you’ll be just another part of the crowd.

[Thomas J. Johnson]

A design position at your firm is what I seek

drafting, drawing, researching

and anything else you might need

Monday through Friday

Even seven days a week

I can do it all

from concept to CDs

 

the desk is empty let me sit there AS AP

when you need it done right give it to me

nothing too big too small all things between

if it need be done right give it to me

my eyes see only design

my mind only reason

my heart only art

perfect

nothing less will bring joy

beauty is my measure of right or wrong

 

 

 

 

 

[Jonathan Smith, RLA]

Send it in!

[Thomas J. Johnson]

lol To who!? Do you know anybody that’s hiring that has an appreciation for bad poetry?

[Heather Smith]

Hey, you would at least be memorable. 😉 No wallpapering the walls with YOUR resume. hehe.

[Rick Kingsbury]

Haiku!

 

Ahem:  “Thanks for reading this   

             you cant do better than me

             work hard! almost free!

 

apologies to everyone!

 

 

 

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