Cover Letter Fail

[Rymanrph]

While reviewing resumes for a customer service representative position, I came across a cover letter where the individual touts her equine experience.  Since this position has absolutely nothing to do with horses, I began to wonder if there was an alternate meaning for the word that I just wasn't familiar with.  I asked several others and even consulted with a foreign speaker to see if it was a translation error.  Nothing made much sense until I found this:

 

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/samples-of-a-good-cover-letter.html

 

This person basically copied the whole letter, but it still didn't make any sense.  What do horses have to do with baking?  So, after a little more research, I found this:

 

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/coverlettersamples/a/targeted2.htm

 

So the moral of the story: if you're going to plagiarize a cover letter, make sure someone else hadn't already done it badly before you and don't leave anything in your letter that you don't understand.

[Pete M]

:rotf:

[Akula69]

But don't you need a horse whisperer? lol

 

Really, you should call them in and see how much they really know about equines. It would be a comic relief for the day.

[jimoshel]

Considering some off the horse asses I've worked with in the past, maybe equine experience would be a good thing.

[Rymanrph]

I really want to bring her in for an interview just to ask, but I wouldn't seriously consider hiring them, so it would just be to embarrass them.  There is a connection to my work, so it could come back on me and I don't need that.  But I really want to bring her in just to see how she answers various equine related questions.  It could be a lot of fun.

[Geonovast]

I really want to bring her in for an interview just to ask, but I wouldn't seriously consider hiring them, so it would just be to embarrass them.  There is a connection to my work, so it could come back on me and I don't need that.  But I really want to bring her in just to see how she answers various equine related questions.  It could be a lot of fun.

 

I'd do it.  Sounds like she needs to learn the lesson somehow, and getting embarrassed as hell in an interview would have the best impact.

[Butchershop]

Best line in a resume I've received....from a student at Florida A&M....

 

"in addition to my education, I will also bring with me a strong work ethnic.....

 

2 for 1 deal?

[jimoshel]

When I was working for NMSU one of my duties was interviewing job applicants. I had nothing to do with the actual hiring. I just talked to them to find out how much, or how little they knew about the equipment they would be working on. Ran the gauntlet from a kid just out of high school who personally designed the 747 and all it's electronics, to hear him tell it, to a BSEE who had been out of work a while and was willing to do anything for a paycheck. It was interesting but there is no way I could make a decision on who would get a job and who wouldn't.

[Automan2164]

 

 

I really want to bring her in for an interview just to ask, but I wouldn't seriously consider hiring them, so it would just be to embarrass them.  There is a connection to my work, so it could come back on me and I don't need that.  But I really want to bring her in just to see how she answers various equine related questions.  It could be a lot of fun.

 

I'd do it.  Sounds like she needs to learn the lesson somehow, and getting embarrassed as hell in an interview would have the best impact.

 

 

Something tells me that someone that is that clueless wouldn't be bothered, nor understand, the predicament they thrusted themselves into.

 

Rob

[Jerry]

Email her a link to this thread :D