# the evil applicant # 2 --\> dodgy asking for your opinion (again) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516 "2001-02-07T17:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/21 "2001-02-08T18:21:13Z")
* * * Dear Ms. XXX, This submission is in response to your advertisement for \. My creative abilities and painting skills could be a valuable asset to your company. Currently residing in Austria, I will be moving to England in July, and I am available for an interview any time. Please find enclosed my CV and samples of recent artwork, all of which were created using Macromedia Flash v. 4.0. If you desire more examples of my work, I encourage you to visit my webpage at [http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html](http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html). Yours sincerely, * * * I changed ‘resident’ to ‘residing,’ but that’s just from a USA point of view. You might have been right in the first place; sorry about that, if that’s the case. I then took the first paragraph of what **Zenster** had posted and substituted it for what you had there, because I think it seems more fluid to me that way. You present the info you want without rambling. You tell them the purpose of your letter and what particular attributes of yours you feel would be relevant to this company. Whatcha think? dan ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/22 "2001-02-08T18:33:51Z")
Hey **Dodgy** , I can’t get your webpage at [http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html](http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html) to come up either. After reading **particlewill’s** post, I thought I’d check it too. Just thought you’d want to know. ---
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/23 "2001-02-08T18:44:13Z")
**Tommy the Cat** As your version of the same link didn’t include the period afer html (which almost every other one of the links did), I was able to jump there just fine by clicking on it. In every other reference I’ve had to delete the ending period which somehow gets included in the URL before it works. -Doug ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/24 "2001-02-08T19:06:36Z")
- I always liked your company’s products and as I feel my creativity and painting skills would be an asset to your company, I decided to apply. would that be better (or worse)?\* Sorry for the “thumbscrews in the mind”, but that poor dehydrated sentence must be put out of her misery. So, kind of worse. You owe no explanation as to why you decided to apply. Your application is there, they know you are applying. Some very good examples are showing up in this thread. It will come to you!😉 I am having jittery flashbacks to my various job searches over the years. I would stress out to the point where I couldn’t even speak let alone string together coherent language on a resume. And the federal level job forms were a nightmare. I would have the help books all laid out, the copies of “…damn fine resumes” and other employment-opiates and just hate it. I found I did much better after once I hired a pro to do a resume for me. They did a crappy job but it jolted me out of form fear. If that was how a former human resources staffer does it, _I can do better than that!_ Keep up the good work d– ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/25 "2001-02-08T19:07:08Z")
Damnable periods. Ok, so the other links will get you somewhere, but all they get me to is a page saying: > [@](#): > > Unter dieser Adresse gibt es kein Dokument . > > Falls Sie den Fehler melden wollen: Gehen Sie bitte einen Schritt zurück zum vorigen Dokument. Der Autor dieser Seite muß den Fehler ausbessern. > > Zur Hauptseite. This instead of pictures of the lovely **Dodgy**. So, that’s what I mean by not getting her site to come up. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/26 "2001-02-08T19:11:13Z")
OK **Dublos** , I just figured out what you were saying. I think that I must be getting dense in my old age. So, **Dodgy** , your link works fine. I believe I’ll be under my desk if anyone needs me. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/27 "2001-02-08T19:41:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BornDodgy \* > \*\*Thanx for the colon 🙂 \*\* Did this make anyone else laugh or am I just a tard? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/28 "2001-02-09T06:57:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by particlewill \* > \*\* > Just wondering. Is [Horus IT GmbH](http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html). the actual link, or something you made up for the sake of this discussion? It sure doesn’t work when I try it. > > I get what I believe is the [http://www.horus.com](http://www.horus.com) error page, saying in german that the link is no good. ( At least I _think_ that is what it says. My german sucks) \*\* If you remove the fullstop after it it works 😉 [http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html](http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html) And you are right about the error page 😃 Do you think if I write it like that in the letter they ll put the fullstop in the address? Should I put [Horus IT GmbH](http://www.horus.com/~steff/graphics01.html) . instead? I guess I should… dodgy ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/29 "2001-02-09T07:38:25Z")
Dear Ms. Thornton: When I heard of Santoro Graphics, I immediately decided to apply, as I feel my creativity and painting skills would be an asset to your company. I am enclosing my CV and a sample of my work. If you desire more examples of my work, I encourage you to visit my webpage under [http://www.horus.com/~steff/comics.html](http://www.horus.com/~steff/comics.html). All of these, including the enclosed sample, were created using Macromedia Flash v. 4.0. I will be moving in July [fill in details here]. I look forward to meeting you and any other members of your company and showing you in person what I can do for you. Yours sincerely, Stefanie P. CV samples of my work ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/30 "2001-02-09T10:47:43Z")
I was so intent on clicking the link, I never noticed the period at the end. Viola! BornDodgy homepage extrordinare! Carry on… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/31 "2001-02-12T17:38:31Z")
I sent the “admission of artwork” folders today. I changed the first sentences - at the end I just threw the old first sentence away and referred to a phone call. Thanx for your help 🙂 dodgy being really grateful 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/32 "2001-02-12T17:47:06Z")
Good luck, **BornDodgy**!!! 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 [keeping all body parts crossed] ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/33 "2001-02-12T21:08:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BornDodgy \* > \*\*I sent the “admission of artwork” folders today. > > Thanx for your help 🙂 > > dodgy > being really grateful 😃 \*\* Good luck BD! What a pain huh? Please don’t pin all your hopes on one application. While the experience is still fresh why not throw out a few more for the muses? (doing the ‘Dodgy’s gonna get it’ hip shake&roll) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/34 "2001-02-12T21:27:17Z")
chances are not too good - but at least I try, right? 😉 They ll give me feedback on my work if I am lucky so I at least get something back for my stamp costs 😃 I made a list with stuff I am good in today… when I try to add the stuff I take for granted too, (like speaking my native language fluently and stuff like that 😉 ) it gets pretty long. So far on it… 1. _illustrations_ (for childrens books? brochures?) 2. _webdesign_ (not so good… what kind of company would take somebody who can only do HTML and can make a computer crash with only one line of perl?) 3. _tourguide_ (why not? English and German is fluent… only French tourists would have a hard time with me…) 4. Work for one of those hidious _language-courses_ and torture foreign kids with German grammar… 5. professional _millionaire_ 6. _phone-sex hotline_ not the kind of job my rents would like me to have… but it is an option, right? dodgy… fancy job opportunity #5 ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516/35 "2001-02-12T21:49:26Z")
Hi Dodgy! I have two copies of “What color is your parachute?” on my shelf. It is updated every year and the editions I have are from’92 (when I was ‘between jobs’ for three months) and one from '96 when Mrs. M had been downsized. Below is a link to the workbook section of that book. There might be something useful. [http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/](http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/) Good luck. -R [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-applicant-2-dodgy-asking-for-your-opinion-again/53516.md?page=1)