In Michelle Brown’s lecture about resumés, job applications, CVs and cover letters, something clicked for me.
In the past, I had often disregarded the importance of the cover letter for example. The fact that its function serves to give a snapshot of who you are in turn illuminating the rest of the application had been overlooked on my part.
I had another bash at it just as an exercise, not for any particular job application, but just as I said, as an exercise. My aim was to experience the separation of a rocky long term marriage between the cover letter and its better half (the cv), and to experience them as single entities as opposed to pseudo clones of each other. I also wanted to use the word “I” as little as possible which really keeps you on your toes like that game where you can only ask each other questions (Please see the link!)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Sx4W2cKlU
It was interesting to think, how the process became less of an arduous chore and, wait for it… and enjoyable process!
I jumped straight onto my LinkedIn page that kind of looks like a construction site or a mishmash of different rubbish that I’ve done, stupid tweets and a whole bunch of endorsements that don’t seem relevant any more and I began to update.
In deconstructing and then reconstructing their relationship, I became a marriage counsellor’s of voice of reason for this troubled love triangle.
I discovered a way to connect these ir/relevant Linked endorsements, that have been attributed to my work as a performing artist, to my experience in office jobs and, by extension, study.
I never saw this is possible, in fact, I was on the brink of deleting the account, and all the endorsements, and starting afresh. Good thing I didn’t, because these endorsements have been critical to my page’s impact.
Oh and there’s another thing! We were in courage to use buzz words, or action words as Michelle called them. I feel like at this stage, I may have to use them sparingly as I would be loathed to come across to a potential employer as a big shot/hotshot that is both megalomaniacal, and worst still, following a cold square platitudinous template.