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I’ve received cover letters with that opening line. I’ve received PR pitches with that same opening line. I’ve also received opening lines like:
Dear sirs
Dear sir or madam
Attn: personnel
Dear blogger or expert
In every single one of these cases, these people wanted me to do something for them. Read their resume, give them an interview, review their [...]
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The other day we celebrated my wife’s birthday and we had a great time. You see, we’ve been married almost four years and I know the kinds of things she likes. I made her dinner (instead of going out) because she enjoys when I put together dinner. I got her clothes instead of jewelry because [...]
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One of the ways my blog has shifted over the last 18 months is that it has become less about what job candidates and employees are doing wrong and more about what HR and management are doing wrong. It has been one of those funny evolutions of a blog that you never see coming when [...]
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Joel Cheesman posted a link on Facebook pointing to the increasingly depressing unemployment figures (and how they may actually be worse than the numbers show). Here in Oregon, unemployment went from 12.4% to 12.2%. Which I guess is… good? It may be a little too early to be giving each other high fives. People are [...]
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Those who have followed this blog for a while may remember that I blog for Vault.com in addition to the other projects I have going on. I don’t highlight my work there too much but I wanted to point you all to a four week series I just completed about how to do a job [...]
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