How not to apply for a job
I just had to send this unfortunate email. It tells everything, really.
Dear Mr. [Soandso]
Hi, this is [Cyde Weys]. You contacted me yesterday about a job opportunity and asked me mail you a hard-copy resume. I have done so, but unfortunately, and this is going to sound silly, I may have accidentally included a graded homework from my Bioinformatics class along with the cover letter and resume. You see, I had put the cover letter and resume in a folder in my notebook so they wouldn’t get bent along the way to the post office, but when I got there, I forgot about it and just put all of the papers in the folder into the envelope, and now I can’t find my homework. You can just ignore and throw away the homework when you receive it; it was just the first homework of the class, it was easy, and I really don’t need it for anything now. I just wanted to tell you before you got the envelope so you didn’t think I was trying to include a grade of 10 out of 10 on an easy Bioinformatics assignment as some bizarre sort of reference.
Sorry for the trouble,
[Cyde Weys]
Goddamn, I’m sure to get this job!
February 7th, 2007 at 00:34
At least you’ll be memorable!
February 7th, 2007 at 00:38
No kidding. About an hour or two after posting this, he did end up calling and we had a laugh about it. And yeah, he’s definitely expecting my resume (graded HW and all) in the mail now.