I’m so fucking sick of this fixation on obsolete manufacturing jobs that only get attention because they’re seen as blue collar white man jobs. We’ve lost 90,000 retail jobs since Trump was elected, which is more than the entire coal industry employs. But we’ll never hear a peep about those because that’s work for women and POC.

And fuck all this demagoguing about foreigners stealing your job. A robot stole your job and it’s never coming back. 50 years ago a steel mill producing 500,000 tons of steel wire per year would employ 1,000 people, enough to prop up the economy of a small town. A steel mill with that same output just opened up and it employs, wait for it, 14 people. You won’t even see any humans on the production floor, just watching the monitors in the office above. No pussygrabbing orange fascist is gonna turn back the clock on that one. Oh sure, there was a candidate with a plan to retrain everyone in green technology jobs, but solar panels seem vaguely effeminate, not like the muscular labor of dragging shitty rocks out of the ground for pumping poison into the air. How about we really get back to basics and let dentists stick leeches on you again, there’s a lost source of income they could use. Maybe get some blacksmiths back to work. We’ll have a purely nostalgia-based economy and all the old demographics that we’re comfortable with.

what kind of hummingbird is this?

Please say a prayer for everyone working retail this week

(todd howard voice) weve programmed every single skyrim npc to walk DIRECTLY into EVERY SINGLE trap and tripwire because we CARE about your gaming experience

My team, wondering why we lost when NONE of them got on the fucking payload:

anyone else on this dumbass site looking for unconditional love that transcends the physical world

‘Avatar Photo Booth’

Thankful to spend the holiday relaxing and making art :)

Hope you’re having a great day too, sharing memories and making new ones with friends, family and loved ones :)

ash is in alola now because his mom’s mr. mime won a contest

Why the fuck did he let a psychic pokemon gamble

Dear internet,

Please give me all the advice you have on writing cover letters. Like, the closer you can get to literally just writing a cover letter for me, the better. Ok bye.

This is how I did the one for my librarian position.  I hope it helps.

Dear Person Hiring for this Job,

I am writing to ask you to consider me for X position.  This is a paragraph about why I want to do X position in general.  It includes at least one personal detail and at least one job skill I consider a particular strength.  It argues that I am passionate about this career.  It is not long.

I have had the opportunity to gain experience in this job by - paragraph about my work or study experience.  It should go from most recent experience back.  Include some details about your responsibilities/achievements in your most recent or most important positions.  If you have mostly study experience, give more detail about what exactly you studied.  If you shadowed people, mention that.  If your work experience is largely unrelated, try to shoehorn some of it in (e.g. I gained experience working with people by).  You can supplement with relevant hobbies.  (But if you do have recent, relevant work experience, you should largely be detailing that.  Only embroider the other stuff if you need to flesh it out.)  This should be the longest paragraph.

I hope you will consider allowing me to do X thing at your company.  This is a few sentences about why I want to work at your company in particular and what I think I could bring.  Try to mention at least one detail from the company website, so they know you visited it.  This is a short paragraph that parallels the first one.

Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Person You Would Be a Fool Not to At Least Interview

oh my god thank you this is relevant to current interests

Two other points, to challenge what’s being said above a little:

1) Remember that the person reading this cover letter wants to know how you can contribute to the company. Not how excited you are about the position: it’s all about what they gain. Try framing the whole thing in that sense — “You would gain my X awesome skill that would help you Y with your mission.” “Here’s why I’m awesome and a great fit for making your company go better.”

2) At the end, ask for the interview. “I am available at PHONE NUMBER at your convenience. I look forward to speaking with you about this great opportunity soon.” Maybe even say you’ll be following up at a specific time and date. Ask for the job. People respond to that, and it’s a good way to fake confidence until you make it. Ask for the job.

Okay, three points. People reading cover letters get SO BORED going through them. Think about starting off with a story that relates to why you’re interested in the job, or that demonstrates a skill or a strong interest that would make you a good candidate. Be memorable — people remember stories, even (maybe especially) very little ones.

*hoards advice*

Reblogging valuable info. I would even add that the example length in the original post is a tad too long - especially if you are applying to a company/agency/organization that does not have dedicated HR staff. The busy mid-level manager flipping past your letter at breakneck speed amongst the 8,000 other emails in their inbox will glaze over at the eyes at a paragraph longer than 4-5 lines. Brevity is power!

You wanna know something that scared the shit out of me, but has been making my job hunt a hell of a lot easier? My girlfriend’s dad works hiring people for an absolutely MASSIVE company. He goes through resumes and cover letters like wildfire. He gave this advice to my girlfriend when she graduated college (and got a TON of interviews) and she passed it along to me. It’s honestly something I think works well AND makes it so much easier to get cover letters done quickly for when you need to be applying to a shit ton of jobs. Not only that, but it takes all the fluffy crap out of it and gets straight to the point, which if you’re like me and do not do well making up words to grovel for a job is a lifesaver.

Make a table.

I’m not kidding.

This is what my cover letter is, bare bones:

It gets straight to the point, eliminating the need for someone to trudge through your opener and allowing them to see clearly and condensed exactly how you’re perfect for what they’re looking for.

I will admit that this cover letter is most effective when applying for jobs where you need to be this direct and no-nonsense. If you’re going for a position that’s a little more artsy and creative and less clerical, this may not be what you wanna put out there. But what this does is make you look direct, serious, and like you know what the fuck you’re doing, which is great for office jobs.

@maranzalla useful?

when all of your children are grateful except for hanzo who remains a piece of shit

I’m literally in tears.

Dear god

Ushiko, a longtime Ghibli resident. 

when some1 u love txts u