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RE: This guy doesn't really want the job we're advertising ...
Subject:RE: This guy doesn't really want the job we're advertising ... From:"James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:28:11 -0800
>Susan Hogarth wrote:
>
>or else why would he reply to an advertisement for a proposal writer with a
>one-line 'cover letter' email (which says basically 'here's my resume') and
>a resume headed "Position Sought: Advertising Copywriter".
>
>Sheesh. I've done some pretty wide net-casting in my time, but it sure
>looks different from this side :-/
You mispeelt "shot himself in the foot".
If you were advertising for a P & P writer, then you might excuse his
terseness. But he missed an opportunity to include a sample proposal (cover
letter) with his resume.
I agree: sheesh. Wait a sec, that wasn't me that did that, was it? :^)
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