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Injun
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 Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject: What kind of letter is good to "sell" yourself to |
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Really. I noticed last night that I replied to one ad in a very different tone than usual. I wrote the words, "I'm pretty easy-going. I'll take time to help a student pass. I seldom give bad grades...." For me, that was a first.
The other style is kind of prissy and precise. "Thank you for your advertisement on Dave's. Please find attached...I have a great deal of experience in ..."
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thoreau
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| None of that matters. They just want to make sure you can construct a sentence. |
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Injun
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: Cover letter |
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Even in I'm 60? Style doesn't matter? How about a brief cover letter or a full page?
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Conrad B Hart
Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought they just cared about your photograph. I instantly got 2 telephone interviews after a quick blast on Photoshop. |
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Injun
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject: THANK YOU!!! |
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| From the 60 yr old US Indian |
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winterfall
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I emphasized personal qualities, accomplishments, and cross-cultural experience without coming off as arrogant. The last bit was really hard to pull off. Had to write 9 drafts. lol  |
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Conrad B Hart
Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:22 am Post subject: Re: THANK YOU!!! |
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| Injun wrote: |
| From the 60 yr old US Indian |
Have you tried 'diffuse glow'? ;-p |
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bugstove
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Conrad B Hart wrote: |
| I thought they just cared about your photograph. I instantly got 2 telephone interviews after a quick blast on Photoshop. |
What exactly entails a professional photograph? I don't think I have any "professional" looking photographs of myself. For the recruitment agency I was using I just posted a picture of me in my graduation gown and cap. When this photo was taken I was growing a nice thick trendy manbeard and I'm wondering if this would be an unacceptable photo because potentential employers frown upon lumberjack beards. |
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Carla
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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What exactly entails a professional photograph? I don't think I have any "professional" looking photographs of myself. For the recruitment agency I was using I just posted a picture of me in my graduation gown and cap. When this photo was taken I was growing a nice thick trendy manbeard and I'm wondering if this would be an unacceptable photo because potentential employers frown upon lumberjack beards. |
The beard (nice and trimmed) is not a deal breaker completely, but I have heard some Koreans not speaking highly of it.
Usually, the resume photos (if that's what you're talking about) you should have either a suit or a dress shirt on. It should just be a picture of your head and upper chest. You can take it at home with a neutral background. If you are clean shaven now, I would suggest a more up to date one. |
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bugstove
Joined: 07 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Carla wrote: |
| bugstove wrote: |
What exactly entails a professional photograph? I don't think I have any "professional" looking photographs of myself. For the recruitment agency I was using I just posted a picture of me in my graduation gown and cap. When this photo was taken I was growing a nice thick trendy manbeard and I'm wondering if this would be an unacceptable photo because potentential employers frown upon lumberjack beards. |
The beard (nice and trimmed) is not a deal breaker completely, but I have heard some Koreans not speaking highly of it.
Usually, the resume photos (if that's what you're talking about) you should have either a suit or a dress shirt on. It should just be a picture of your head and upper chest. You can take it at home with a neutral background. If you are clean shaven now, I would suggest a more up to date one. |
I still have the beard, but thanks to your input I will be shaving it off shortly in order to get a nice clean-shaven picture of myself. Thanks! |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| A nice round letter like "B". Actually, I talk to the schools, I don't use a letter to sell myself. |
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Carla
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| lifeinkorea wrote: |
| A nice round letter like "B". |
+3 funny points
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