tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345798792585414227.post3736526511458537670..comments2023-09-25T15:31:09.296+01:00Comments on Leaflocker: Blaugust 28/31: Owl Would Like A JobUnwiseOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466448988499591715noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345798792585414227.post-14757752409167341592015-09-02T01:48:42.237+01:002015-09-02T01:48:42.237+01:00Thanks for the feedback, Syl, I'll add it to m...<b>Thanks for the feedback, Syl, I'll add it to my collection. You make some good points. A lot of that sort of stuff is missing because it's contained in the CV proper, but it could probably do with going over again here...<br /><br />It's a common question, Ysharros. Six ties don’t take much space, but sixty ties do. Believe it or not, but sixty ties is the same amount of space as a suit, or a full set of bed-linen. Ties are a luxury item, and when we have two suitcases to pack our entire lives into for the next three years, we need to do without some luxuries, or at least dial them back a notch, so that we can take enough warm clothes to ensure that we don’t freeze to death in the bitter Northern winter, which Australians use as cautionary stories to scare their children. We’re going to be students, after all, and living out of a single suitcase and whatever we can scrounge is part of the whole experience. Rest assured that other shareholders are making similar, though less public, sacrifices.<br /><br />Besides, I had fun running the election.</b>UnwiseOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466448988499591715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345798792585414227.post-74581280943146787792015-08-28T19:17:10.642+01:002015-08-28T19:17:10.642+01:00Belatedly, I have voted!
I still think ALL the ti...Belatedly, I have voted!<br /><br />I still think ALL the ties should come with you. I would ask the honourable member, Are these voicy major stockholders being required to leave behind their OWN ties and/or bras??Ysharroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02129266651782351991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345798792585414227.post-44304815209069779152015-08-28T14:31:08.835+01:002015-08-28T14:31:08.835+01:00Okay but also: feedback. (Take all of it with seve...Okay but also: feedback. (Take all of it with several spoonfuls of salt because I don't have a great track record of getting jobs.)<br /><br />1. I reckon for the last few dot points, get rid of the first part of the answer that says "I don't know how to do this." It'll be implied anyway. But you want them to be thinking about all the things you do know and trying to slide their minds past the idea you don't /quite/ address the criteria.<br /><br />So: "Part of my role as reporting analyst..." "I take great joy in..." "I am a proficient database user...". You don't need to change any of the rest of the answer, just skip straight ahead to what you do know and let them fill in the blanks for what you don't.<br /><br />2. Can you namedrop avcon rather than just referring to it as a convention? I don't know that you play up avcon enough. Talk about how great you are at avcon. It's a googleable thing and makes you seem responsible. <br /><br />3. I don't know how to fix this (and maybe it's not possible. maybe it's just applications in general) but while you seem competent, I don't think you're conveying how smart you are and how good at things you are. <br /><br />You could maybe add another sentence before addressing the criteria where you play up avcon, and the versatility of your IT work? Or something. But yeah, I feel like this is the eternal problem of cover letters. You just wanna say "trust me, I can do this and I will be great at it because I am great" but /sigh/ apparently that doesn't cut it.<br /><br />4. I think you want to be as active as possible in a cover letter. So you could do things like rewrite the first sentence of the second dot point to something more like "Since 2011, I have provided in person and remote IT support on a regular basis. I identify client needs efficiently and provide effective, creative and timely solutions." Yeah? Like it's better to say that you do something (as part of your job) than to say that something is part of your job (and so you do it). <br /><br />I HOPE YOU GET THE JOB THOM THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468579181832639821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1345798792585414227.post-6089916037021576362015-08-28T14:12:06.936+01:002015-08-28T14:12:06.936+01:00SPORTS BLUESPORTS BLUEAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468579181832639821noreply@blogger.com