Here's How to Condescend to 900 Job Applicants With a 3,000-Word Rejection Letter
The article includes an e-mail that was sent to hundreds of would be employee's who applied for a writing job. The e-mail essentially states 42 do's and do-nots when applying for a job. The points ranged from quite polite criticism to potentially harsh criticism (examples of both below)
Don't start every sentence in your application with 'I'.
A few of you were guilty of this one. Switch up your words.
Do capitalize and use punctuation.
a job email int a txt mssg 2 ur bff
So was this e-mail a step too far or perfectly fine as constructive criticism? Also would you prefer a long e-mail, like the above, or no reply at all from a potential employer?
The article includes an e-mail that was sent to hundreds of would be employee's who applied for a writing job. The e-mail essentially states 42 do's and do-nots when applying for a job. The points ranged from quite polite criticism to potentially harsh criticism (examples of both below)
Don't start every sentence in your application with 'I'.
A few of you were guilty of this one. Switch up your words.
Do capitalize and use punctuation.
a job email int a txt mssg 2 ur bff
So was this e-mail a step too far or perfectly fine as constructive criticism? Also would you prefer a long e-mail, like the above, or no reply at all from a potential employer?