Memorable Good
1. Hooray for brief, let-me-get-straight-to-the-point applications! (If you write a three-page cover letter, I’m not going to be able to enjoy reading it, regardless of how well you write. Not when there are 63 other applications to get through. Sorry.)
Memorable Bad
1. PLEASE consider using a different email address when you’re applying for a job. Does an email address like slacker1986@yahoo.com really project the sort of image you would like a potential employer to have of you? (There were worse more amusing ones in this batch; email addresses have been changed to protect the clueless)
You can avoid hiring people who attract bad luck, by throwing half of the applications into the bin. :-J he he.
Did I ever tell you about the guy who applied for one of our casual positions we were interviewing for? He listed “marital arts” as an interest.
I think he ment “martial arts” but we didn’t call him.