Job Application With a Difference?

[featherxquill]

You guys may or may not know that over the last few months, I've been sending out quite a few applications for full time jobs. I haven't been going crazy with it or anything, because I am pretty damn lazy, but I have sent out a large number of the things. As yet, I have heard nothing yet. Not an interview, not a phone call.

Today, I found an ad for a job that sounds really awesome, and that I would really love to get. Trouble is, I don't actually have any media experience, so my resume probably isn't that impressive. I'm sick and tired of writing boring, take-myself-seriously cover letters, too, so this time I decided to go for something different - honesty. Hopefully, the letter I sent off for this job might actually catch the HR person's attention - maybe even make them smile.

This is it:



Dear Admin,

I am writing in regards to the Post Production Studio Assistant position advertised on Career One. I would like to be considered for this role.

A recent graduate of a B Media Writing degree at Macquarie University, my ambition is to move into the television and film industry. I took classes in screenwriting as part of my degree, but am in truth just as fascinated by the post production process. I yell at people when they interrupt my watching of 'making of' documentaries in DVD extras. I would love to be part of a growing company, and your choice of the word 'vibrant' to describe your workspace sounds like a place I would fit in.

I have five years experience in retail, which isn't exactly relevant, but we all have to pay our bills while we're studying. In terms of 'people skills, administration skills and computer knowledge', it fits the bill. My first retail position was in administration, which involved a lot of general office duties, and my current position is as a service supervisor in a busy supermarket - I fancy my organisational skills to be quite decent. Nothing teaches 'people skills' like retail. As a lowly supermarket/toy store pleb, I have had to deal with people who were friendly, fierce, frothing at the mouth - you name it, and I have smiles for them all. I have no formal computer training, but like most of generation Y, I am attached to the keyboard of my laptop by my fingers and might just die if someone took it away from me.

I enjoy playing around with graphics, and it is only the absence of the appropriate programs on my computer that stops me experimenting with digitally rendered graphics and animation. In the absence of videos I have made myself, I will say that these are the kind I wish I could lay claim to.

My resume is attached. My contact number is 666-666-666. I look forward to discussing with you the contribution I could make to your team.

Sincerely,

Me.


*Obviously my real phone number and full name are on the app.


What do you think? Would you call me? I figured it was worth a shot to try it once.

Comments

[arfies.livejournal.com]

Having just finished Insane-O portfolio-making, the best cover letters tailor themselves to use the job description's vocabulary and style. I'd have to see the listing myself to judge. If it's "crazy," the cover letter would work. Otherwise, it wouldn't. Match the company's style. Research the company like whoa.

If you had my professor, she'd probably blast you for the link to the animations of others as "plagiarism" even though it isn't. Also, being a production company, they'd probably say, "you may not have those programs yourself, but couldn't you have taken classes on these programs at school? Also, what about all the freeware graphics programs out there, like Blender? Not having that on your computer is no excuse."

Granted, Blender is *really* hard to learn, but they'd be impressed if you at least tried to teach yourself it.

I hope this was constructive criticism (?) (yes, the Portfolio class made me a bitter person). :p

[filmfemmenoir.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, looks like we are competing to be in the same job market: Film & Media. Of course, we're on opposite side of the world so chances are we're not competing for the same exact jobs :) And based on your cover-letter I would TOTALLY hire you. I think writing something like that shows your creativity. And don't feel badly; I'm in the middle of a job search and have sent apps to more than 20 jobs since January and have only heard back from 1--and I don't even want it! But I know how frustrating it can be. The unemployment rate here is astronomical, and it's even hard to get into the arts, but i hope you don't have too hard of a time. Good luck!

[x-audioscene.livejournal.com]

I would hire you, you have a wonderfully easy phone number :P

This was such a useless comment. I think my IQ dropped 40 points while typing it.

[septemberrains.livejournal.com]

I like the letter - it made me smile! Good luck. I really hope you get it :)