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Amelie
Age. 39
Gender. Female
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Location Portland, OR
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Applying for a job or internship.
Thursday. 6.6.13 4:50 pm
I forgot to post about this when it happened, but about a month ago a student working toward his Master’s in the field I work in emailed me three times regarding an internship.

The breakdown:

- Email number one: Spelled our company’s name incorrectly. Twice. TYPOZ (multiple!). Forgot an attachment he referred to in his email. Didn’t send a resume or cover letter (??). Said I should contact his professor to learn more about him (HAHA OKAY GIVE ME MORE WORK TO DO HILARIOUS TRY AGAIN NEXT TIME).

- Email number two: The attachment he forgot. (His student handbook, for my reference...)

-Email number three: The same exact email as number one, except with our company’s name spelled correctly. Still forgot the attachment.

I sent him a polite email back, letting him know we already have a summer intern.

Hey, if any of you are college students applying for internships or jobs soon, please feel free to contact me for help. Looking for an internship sucks, I've been there.

I'm the person who reviews the cover letters and resumes we receive where I work. Trust me, all it takes is one simple mistake for your application materials to get trashed. Personally, I'm not that picky, but we don't receive high volumes of resumes. Companies that do will look for anything, no matter how small, to screen out resumes. All it takes is one typo.

LET ME HELP YOU. Ask me questions, let me proof your cover letter, whatever you need! Just, please, don't do what this person did. You will never get an interview that way.
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7 Comments.


This guy doesn't sound like he's got it together much.
» randomjunk on 2013-06-06 05:21:37

Fool! I have a feeling he doesn't read/type much and/or he hasn't had a "real" or "nice" job before now (seeing as he's basically still in school.)

HMM :/
» invisible on 2013-06-06 09:49:25

What if he tried again from another email address? I guess his name would give him away...
» middaymoon on 2013-06-08 12:38:11

Either this guy isn't quite all there or he just doesn't care whether he gets the job or not. Eep =/
» LostSoul13 on 2013-06-08 02:35:46

poor fella. if only spell check was free...
» thaitanic on 2013-06-09 02:34:24

I

Will

Use


You


In a noncreep way
» undisputed on 2013-06-10 08:22:38

Also what kinda work do you do? A nutanger I grew up w has a job in marketing but is looking to move to a bigger market than Dallas.
» undisputed on 2013-06-10 08:23:22

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