Oh no, Dana. Hope the fever was just a passing fluke and all is well this morning.
I love the small cart party! My local Publix used to be a great neighborhood store with jammies worn by customers on Sunday morning with coffee and pastries and such. Then they moved to a bigger store and it has never been the same.
Cover letters mattered to me given multiple qualified people. But if the resume of one was spot on and they didn't even bother with a cover I still had them in the select pile. So preferred, but not essential.
Gris, our local Kroger is going through a major reno right now and has been for months. I think you would approve of the changes -- basically turning it into a copy of Fancy Kroger in Inglewood -- but in the meantime it is taking forever and every time you go in, half of what you need is in a new location. I spent at least 10 minutes last week trying to find the peanut butter. Eventually, though, it should be great!
I feel like that store got renovated every two years while we were there. But yeah when they bought that store next door, I could see the (good!) writing on the wall.
So the cover letter is read AFTER the resume makes it through? I always thought the cover letter was read first, and the point was to get them to read the resume. Huh. That makes a difference.
Oh no, Dana. Hope the fever was just a passing fluke and all is well this morning.
How did you do that? The fever was already going down when I went to bed, and I'm fine this morning. No fever or body aches. So that's good, although I'm kind of confused.
Copperbadge did a cover letter template that I've been using in my sporadic "get me the hell away from 100 F days in October" job searches. [link]
I mean, I haven't gotten a job from it yet because here I still am. But I've gotten some phone interviews.
So the cover letter is read AFTER the resume makes it through? I always thought the cover letter was read first, and the point was to get them to read the resume. Huh. That makes a difference.
Totally depends! But online, yeah, I probably scan the resume first to make sure the pass basic qualifications.
In other news, I have a colleague who turns out to be British, which is surprising because she uses a nearly impeccable American accent at the office! I just got her to give me her British accent, and it was stunning!
Zero interest in doing work today. ZERO.
Oh my gosh, WHY would someone mask a British accent when working abroad? Well, unless doing so in one of the more recent former British colonies that might still harbor resentment... They sound so nice!
