WHAT I LEARNED THIS WEEK: A good cover letter is hard to find. - Comments - Suvudu

Comment by Julie Weathers

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:36:12 -0500

Sigh, just when I was forcing myself to cut back on blog reading I find this.

Wonderful post.

"I'm looking for a sharp gal with the hunting instincts of a mother cheetah. I'm one of the few males who recognize that a strong female will out-perform a strong male every time." Editor: Hmmmmm. Wonder how his letter to male editors reads.

I much prefer generous offers of chocolate. It's so perfect for the editor of either gender.

Ok seriously, who would address a business correspondent like this?

A fawning male is the second most disgusting male type. Ugh, just ugh.

Julie

- Julie Weathers

Comment by Liz Scheier

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:16:41 -0500

I have a vast nut file from over the years. One letter describes the author channeling the voice of God through his toilet; another one started a long series of conversations with a small-town sheriff in Arkansas, who responded to our expressions of concern with, "Oh, yah. That's just Bill."

- Liz Scheier

Comment by bernita

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:38:51 -0500

"Keep your cover letters straightforward."
Thank you for that.
Am not clever enough to be otherwise.

- bernita

Comment by Emily

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:11:29 -0500

Thanks for sharing this, Betsey. I'm looking forward to your next post.

- Emily

Comment by Stephen

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:23:39 -0500

And I thought the cover letters I wrote were lame...

- Stephen

Comment by Barbara

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:05:21 -0500

When I worked in human resources, we kept copies of resume cover letters that included similar silliness.

- Barbara

Comment by Christine

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:21:59 -0500

This was great - I've come across many funny cover letters in my time and these are pretty great...

- Christine