Welcome to the working week

09.14.2005

This week's been me zealously putting together a draft cover letter for job applications. As of now, the draft is 2½ pages long. With the extra paragraphs tailored for each school, the cover letter weighs in at a solid 3 pages. Whew.

It's now just a matter of tailoring the specific letters, printing it on department letterhead, making 20 packets of about 100 photocopies each, and sending them out in the mail. Here's hoping I get at least one solid interview in November.

And J.U. has agreed to read rough draft pages in exchange for chicken strips from Crow's Nest. So the dissertation writing is ready to gear up again for that final push.

Posted by Miguel at 03:17 PM

Comments

Are you tailoring ea. letter for ea. specific job? I find it better to approach it that way than to make a one size fits all letter. I've had better results that way.

It is been my experience that letters come through, showing what has been done.

I realize it is a lot of work, but...... a man's got a do what a man's got a do! :-)

Posted by: Miguel (MABB) at September 15, 2005 07:24 AM

But how to start working on dissertation at all? That's a question. Ah, N.

Posted by: Nenad at September 15, 2005 08:11 AM

I've written a basic letter that outlines the basics, but I'm specifically tailoring it for each specific opening.

Posted by: Miguel [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 15, 2005 11:33 AM

Good luck, N.

Posted by: Nenad at September 16, 2005 07:25 AM