Well, talk about your busy week. I dunno if I've ever had so many assignments from one class due at once. Course', the TAs, writing lab, and the trusty ol' book helped me out. After all my drafts and hard work, I forgot to sign my cover letter. Bah humbug.
Today, I found myself running in a suit and tie with a fake mustache in the rain. The things I do for school. Okay, the mustache was my idea. Anyway, we had our practice interviews today. It went swell, I reckon. Although, I think sometimes I'm not the best at putting myself in the best light. I gotta' focus on my good attributes and forget about the bad. Eye contact and hand gestures can also improve. But my resume was lookin' as sharp as a katana. I found the illegal interview questions to be interesting. Like, if you're interviewing a pregnant lady, no comment about the pregnancy can be made. So weird.
We talked a lot about writing persuasive and bad news letters today. The indirect approach can make all of the difference. Gotta be sly as a fox. Professor Middleton showed these two examples of a bad news letter, one direct and one indirect, but they conveyed the exact same information. I found myself more bitter reading the direct one.
Makes me wonder if I ought to more indirect sometimes. You know, when supermodels try to hook up with me, I gotta' let em' down easy.
But an indirect approach is not the same thing as saying nothing. The "no response" response can be the worst response of all.
Anyway, my take aways from the day are be careful how you communicate, criticize and take criticism with courtesy, and don't call pregnant ladies "pregnant." Next time someone criticizes me, I'll ask them to criticize my ability to take criticism. Criticism makes perfect.
Keep it reAL,
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