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March 4, 2011 at 8:19 pm #164520Jonathan Smith, RLAParticipant
Any input on which rhyme scheme is best suited for a cover letter?
March 4, 2011 at 8:44 pm #164534Jon QuackenbushParticipantI love a blank page. I like to create mystery and intrigue…
March 4, 2011 at 8:54 pm #164533Jonathan Smith, RLAParticipantOooo! Or invisible ink! Written backward so you have to stand in front of the bathroom mirror to read it!
March 4, 2011 at 9:29 pm #164532Jon QuackenbushParticipantIf 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.
March 4, 2011 at 9:43 pm #164531Jonathan Smith, RLAParticipant…unless you had decoder goggles…
March 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm #164530Heather SmithParticipantI think you should just use the elfin language from Lord of the Rings…that will definitely highlight your creativity.
March 4, 2011 at 9:56 pm #164529Jonathan Smith, RLAParticipantWoh…not to be rude, Heather, but you’re WAY off! Where did you go to school anyway?
March 4, 2011 at 10:11 pm #164528BoilerplaterParticipantThis 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.
March 4, 2011 at 10:54 pm #164527Heather SmithParticipanthaha…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.
March 4, 2011 at 11:12 pm #164526Andrew Garulay, RLAParticipantOne 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.
March 5, 2011 at 4:40 am #164525Thomas J. JohnsonParticipantA 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
March 5, 2011 at 5:02 am #164524Jonathan Smith, RLAParticipantSend it in!
March 5, 2011 at 3:17 pm #164523Thomas J. JohnsonParticipantlol To who!? Do you know anybody that’s hiring that has an appreciation for bad poetry?
March 5, 2011 at 5:38 pm #164522Heather SmithParticipantHey, you would at least be memorable. 😉 No wallpapering the walls with YOUR resume. hehe.
March 16, 2011 at 3:46 pm #164521Rick KingsburyParticipantHaiku!
Ahem: “Thanks for reading this
you cant do better than me
work hard! almost free!
apologies to everyone!
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