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Help me reply to a job applicant (funny)
So we put an ad in the paper looking for someone with good attention to detail. Here's the beginning of one reply to the ad:
"Ok, so I'm a little anal -- well, maybe a lot anal -- when it comes to words, sentences, paragraphs and publications. But you need anal, and I need a job. My skill set includes...." Help me compose a reply. A couple of ideas... Thanks for your application, but we get enough of that from our customers/clients. Please resubmit your application. What you sent is all Greek to me. |
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Please touch this.
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Location: Manhattan
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"Here are directions to your new job, when you arrive, though, you'll need to come around the front."
I dunno... what's the point of this? Are we being immature? Unprofessional?
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I change
Location: USA
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Agreed that it's inapropriate language in an application for employment.
This dude needs a clue. Work, especially in today's environment is a more serious business than he evidently comprehends it to be. He'd get a pass from me on these grounds. If I replied, it would be to help give him a clue for his next application.
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Indifferent to anti-matter
Location: Tucson, AZ
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I agree with ARTv, if he's so good at paying attention to detail, how did the little detail of using the term "anal" in his application get overlooked? He's not anal, he's just an asshole.
![]() Of course, he may have been coming on you, too. In that case, you're on your own. ![]()
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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what type of job are you offering?
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who?
Location: the phoenix metro
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i just don't think it was truly inappropriate... there are a million better ways to say "i take intricate care to pay atention to minute details" than to say "you need anal, and I need a job." i'd reply that his frankness was good, but his choice in words was in poor taste.
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Crazy
Location: O-H-I-O
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I say call him in for an interview. Hell, he's got to have some kind of skills to feel confident enough to send a reply like that.
In addition, he has a good sense of humor, which can make work much more tolerable. I think someone already asked, but what exactly is the position you're offering?
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Location: Canada
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Looks to me like the cover letter accomplished it's goal. He's got your attention.
If this is like a proofreading job or something, he's your guy. I used to teach typing and spent many an hour correcting typing papers. You have to be anal. |
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The Northern Ward
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Call him in for an interview, ask him a bunch of questions, broadcast it over the internet.
You'll make millions.
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I change
Location: USA
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"...he's not a qualified candidate."
That was obvious from the start. The most crucial aspect of writing in editing. He demonstrated no idea of relevant context. Words take much of their meaning from the context in which they are used. He failed the first test. I'm not surprised the rest of his writing is problematic.
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