Comments on: 2044: No, Thank You https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2015/08/25/2044-no-thank-you/ Memoirs of a nobody Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: judsgamereviews https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2015/08/25/2044-no-thank-you/#comment-2503 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:55:30 +0000 https://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=7797#comment-2503 And business definitely isn't about people – sad to say 🙁
I too hate those 'form' letters – so impersonal and humourless as you say.

]]> By: llirium https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2015/08/25/2044-no-thank-you/#comment-2502 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:53:55 +0000 https://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=7797#comment-2502 I'm glad using a more personable CV worked better for you in this case. 🙂 Business is increasingly about image, not skills, especially when social media can make mountains out of molehills.

]]> By: Pete Davison https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2015/08/25/2044-no-thank-you/#comment-2501 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 08:45:24 +0000 https://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=7797#comment-2501 In reply to Grant Heaslip.

You have NO IDEA how glad I am to hear you say that; I feel exactly the same, and I hate myself a little bit whenever I write a stuffy, formal cover letter like that. So I've stopped doing it. The last CV I submitted had Commodore 64-style pixelated fonts and a full-colour picture of Neptune on it. I got the job. (Well, technically I have a "trial shift" today, but I'm all but hired.)

]]> By: Grant Heaslip https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2015/08/25/2044-no-thank-you/#comment-2500 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:09:41 +0000 https://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=7797#comment-2500 As I'm sure you know well know, the job market is the absolute worst for this. I want to write resumes and (especially) cover letters like a human being. I try to push it as far in that direction as possible, but there's a voice in the back of my head saying "To whom it may concern, you should express your passion for the industry and explain that your 3+ years of personal skills development would be a strong asset to the team or whatever." When I don't hear back, I sometimes wonder if I wasn't "professional" enough. I'll reply to a listing that talks about what a fun workplace it is and get an email back with all of the whimsy of a Soviet paper-pusher.

I've never been able to play that game with any competency and I really hope I'm able to carve out a comfortable existence outside of that sphere of humourlessness.

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