Re: Testing

[lori m long <llong -at- UNM -dot- EDU>]

On Wed, 8 Mar 1995, Karen Kay wrote:

> 2) How do slant it towards the company if you don't already know the
>    company? (This is a serious question:  I live in Silicon Valley,
>    and there are a LOT of companies, big and small. Some of them I can
>    look up, but not all of them are listed in various sources available
>    to me.)

> 3) Most of the job ads in the San Jose Mercury News don't list a
>    company name. So how do you slant your letter in those cases?

I'm a newcomer to this group, so if I've done this incorrectly, I
apologize (and please, somebody yell at me so I don't mess up again!)

If you have a phone number for the company, my favorite trick is calling
and making friends with the receptionist.  The person who answers the
phone usually has a tremendous amount of information about the company
and the people working there.  (HINT:  Call around 3:00 in the afternoon,
or some other suitably dead time of day for phones.)

If you don't have a number or an address, I have no ideas.  I'd love to
hear some, though . . .

> > My personal feeling is that a person who can't manage to write a cover
> > letter might want to think about a career other than tech writing.

> Agreed.:)

Ditto. :)

Lori
llong -at- unm -dot- edu