OT - Errors on cover letters

[John Hedtke]

Si.  And very loyal, too. :)

At 08:17 AM 11/5/2007, Chesler, Lynn wrote:
>Staph?
>
>:)
>
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>Behalf Of John Hedtke
>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:08 PM
>To: cupton at syclone.net; Techwr-l'
>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)
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>
>
>At 10:54 AM 11/5/2007, cupton at syclone.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
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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.com (primary email)
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