cover letters
The current bane of my existence is the set of cover letters I’m writing for internship applications. Given the economy, it seems that the job hunt is the thing that is causing the most stress at school. I have friends who are applying for literally dozens of jobs in the hopes of snagging just a few interviews. On the one hand, I see the strategy there. On the other hand, I wrestle with knowing there are just a handful of places that I really really want to be this summer and I feel like I’d be better served spending most of my time and effort trying to get in the door at those places (say by writing a handful of really good cover letters rather than dozens of mediocre ones – which is what I know would happen for me). And then there’s the other hand, which are people I know in reruiting who say that cover letters don’t get read that closely anyway and to focus more on the resume and interview prep.
now’s a good time…
Well it would seem that the economy isn’t embarking on the upturn that had been suggested a few weeks ago. Today was bad. And it looks like it could be getting worse. Good time to be hiding in the relative shadow by returning to school. But at what point do things need to hit rock-bottom by so that they really are starting to climb again by the time I graduate in May of 2010. This would be a nice question to have answered…
