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[elly427]

Why does writing cover letters suck so hard?

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[cirakaite.livejournal.com]

Because it's hard to impress people in writing when everyone else is saying the exact same thing (although of course, 90% of them are lying, which you're obviously not.)

Completely random: I got a job once because I used a semi-colon properly in my cover letter, and was the only person out of 25+ applicants to submit a letter with no typos.

[elly427.livejournal.com]

Where I used to work, we scored people out of 25 on their cover letter. The average was around, say, 17 on days I was feeling generous.

Now I can't get the glee I took at improperly placed commas out of my head. I may have just removed all of the commas from my letter. *headdesks*

[cirakaite.livejournal.com]

Oooh, ouch. Although if you know what people are looking for in a cover letter, you've at least got the edge . . .