RE: Is this hackneyed or cliche?

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

I don't know about PR positions and what people do there, but it sounds
original.  Keep in mind, that PR people write a lot of press releases.  If
applicants are writing press releases to announce themselves, then you would
still be in good shape if yours was better than the others or what the
hiring company wants.

Lauren

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of
Susan Hogarth
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:23 PM
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Subject: Is this hackneyed or cliche?

I've occasionally applied for communications director positions with
nonprofits whose work I find appealing. Once I was even unlucky enough to
get hired. (I joke, but it was fulfilling as heck; until my tires dissolved
from the long commute and I realized I couldn't *afford* to replace them.)

Anyway, what with all this talk here about clever cover letters, it just
struck me that it would be fun that for a cover letter for this position, I
could write a press release for the org, announcing my own hiring. It seemed
clever, and I plan to do it. But I'm wondering... is that what *everyone*
does who applies for a PR position? I mean, it seems like it may be a cliche
sort of thing.

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Susan Hogarth
http://www.colliething.com
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