Thursday, October 02, 2008
How Not To Apply for A Job-Kids Today
- John Huntington's Entertainment Technology Blog: "But Jared also got some more 'interesting' responses that he forwarded onto me and I thought I would share them with you as examples of how not to apply for a job (names and other information redacted to protect the guilty):"
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I was actually laughing out loud in the cluster reading the responses his students sent in. It was funny not only because I found myself asking why these people felt compelled to write such ludicrous responses to what was obviously a job offer. In addition I found this appropriate based on som talk earlier in the day about very basic things, like spelling, if you cannot spell parade, WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU DOING HERE!!!!!/there
When applying for a job it is not appropriate to talk in such a way to employer. But it’s how kids are talking these days. They don't know how to communicate without slang or complete sentences. No one is correcting these kids so in the future this will be how people talk with eachother. I hope it doesn't come to that.
This is a pretty common issue as I've come to discover while looking for work. Sometimes these things are common sense but many times it's really an issue of professionalism. I find myself constantly proofreading e-mails that I send out even if they're asking for something mundane. It's very important to keep how you will be viewed by an employer in mind. Even when you already have the job, it's a priority because many times you'd like to be re-hired, especially in our case as students where we may be hired for a temporary period.
Sad. Perhaps someone's parents should be a little more involved? Especially when it seems like these kids have absolutely no idea (and probably have never written a work related email before). You'd think that high schools would have a crash course in how not to sound like a jackass as a part of their resume classes. Ah well.
While on the topic, it's even sadder when an employer posts a job and there's grammar atrocities being committed. People just need to think before hitting send/submit.
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