Wednesday, September 9, 2015

I'm too embarrassed


to ask for recommendations / forward my resume to companies - except on rare occasions.  I continue to futz it up.  I think I've only successfully done it twice.  One forward got me a number of job interviews, the other one got me a great informational interview.  It's almost worse than asking people to link with on LinkedIn or for a recommendation.  Those are the Top 3  worst parts of the painful process of job hunting.

Part of the NOT painful process of job hunting - going out to lunch at Marination Ma Kai on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon in Seattle and taking the obligatory skyline shot.


That said, I just finished writing a two page essay / cover letter for a  "dream job" entry for a company I'm interested in.  I've applied before, got turned down.  This time, I'm applying for the position of :

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  1. Person who knows everything about something and something about everything!

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  2. Person who knows everything about something and something about everything!

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