Re: bit of a strange request here

Kevin Williams wrote:
> The Underpants Gnomes tell me that 
>  Leo Fellmann <l.fellmann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Do you have any advice for motivational letters? In Switzerland you
tend 
>> to write about how much you're interested in the job and in France you 
>> tell people how wonderfully suited you are for the job. I'm fairly sure

>> the latter wouldn't go down well anywhere but France,
> 
>   My understanding is that you're supposed to do both in .us.  The 
> latter is often stated in terms of (re-stating) your main qualifications

> and how you would be an asset; I don't know how one would state that in 
> France.

With great arrogance :)
The letter in it's current form basically says "Even though I'm a 
sociologist I can do statistics and econometrics". It takes it a whole 
page to say this.


>> but I'm also unsure anyone anywhere reads them in the first place.
> 
>   Heh.  We did, when we were interviewing techs last month.

I stand corrected.

>   Helped thin the ranks, it did.  Had one woman who listed among her 
> qualifications (for desktop sup****t) that she wasn't afraid to share 
> the gospel.  Yes, really.

Wow. Can't imagine anyone but, say, bible printers thinking that was a 
desirable attribute for an employee.