RE: OT - Errors on cover letters

Subject: RE: OT - Errors on cover letters
From: Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: Techwr-l' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:14:36 -0500

The first thing I do every morning before I start my regular duties is find resumes for our HR director. I am constantly amazed at how many people keep typo's in their online resumes. They may be wonderful candidates, and they are for developer positions and not tech writers, but I still can't bring myself to recommend anyone who can't take the time to make sure that the word "developer" is spelled correctly. I finally admitted that to the HR lady and she agreed with me. There is just something about badly spelled, or even typed, things that leaves a bad first impression. It just seems lazy.

Melissa





> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 11:08:22 -0800> To: cupton -at- syclone -dot- net; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> From: john -at- hedtke -dot- com> Subject: Re: OT - Errors on cover letters> > Slightly connected to this--though I agree with you, Carolyn--I > wanted to relate a story about cover letters. Many years ago at one > job where I had a couple dozen writers working for me, I had been > talking to someone at the local STC chapter who wanted to work for > me. A few months later, I had a slot and said "Now's the time! Send > your paper in." He did, with a cover letter, that opened with the > line (including the bold as I've shown it):> > "Dear John:> > Enclosed, please find my resume for consideration for a position as a > Tecnical Writer."> > I stopped reading right there. He's a great guy, but, yuh know, I > just ~couldn't~.> > I showed it around to a bunch of the staph. They thought that that > was pretty good, too. I phoned him that afternoon and explained that > I was terribly, terribly sorry but I just couldn't hire him right > then but that I wanted him to reapply. He was much chagrined but he > understood.> > The rimshot on this is that I called an old friend who was the Tech > Pubs Mgr at our direct competitor and related the story (without > names, of course). Lisa told me about one that she'd gotten a few > years before for an editing slot that contained the immortal line > "And, in addition, my poofreading skills are excellent." That letter > went up on their departmental bulletin board for a couple years for > all to admire. :)> > Yours truly,> > John Hedtke> Author/Consultant/Contract Writer> www.hedtke.com <-- website> Region 7 Director, STC> 541-685-5000 (office landline)> 541-554-2189 (cell)> john -at- hedtke -dot- com (primary email)> johnhedtke -at- aol -dot- com (secondary email)> > > At 10:54 AM 11/5/2007, cupton -at- syclone -dot- net wrote:> >I received a resume and cover letter (unsolicited) from a young woman> >requesting a job in wildlife rehabilitation. (I do the emails for the> >humane society.) One of her many attributes is being a skilled "typer."> >She is a high school graduate who has managed a phone store for more than> >three years, and there were dozens of grammatical, punctuation, and> >spelling errors in her resume and the cover letter. We are failing our> >kids.> >> >Carolyn> >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> >> >Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or> >printed documentation. Features include support for Windows Vista & 2007> >Microsoft Office, team authoring, plus more.> >http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList> >> >True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.> >Help & Manual is the most powerful authoring tool for technical> >documentation. Boost your productivity! http://www.helpandmanual.com> >> >---> >You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as john -at- hedtke -dot- com -dot- > >> >To unsubscribe send a blank email to> >techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> >or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/john%40hedtke.com> >> >> >To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> >> >Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit> >http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> > Create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to Help file formats or > printed documentation. Features include support for Windows Vista & 2007 > Microsoft Office, team authoring, plus more.> http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList> > True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.> Help & Manual is the most powerful authoring tool for technical> documentation. Boost your productivity! http://www.helpandmanual.com> > ---> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com -dot- > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/melmis36%40hotmail.com> > > To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit> http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.>
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References:
RE: Technical Writer or Documentation Writer?: From: Lauren
OT - Errors on cover letters: From: cupton
Re: OT - Errors on cover letters: From: John Hedtke

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