Thursday, March 5, 2009

Dear HR Staffer Who Stands Between My Application and the Person Who Would Hire Me.......

Please give me a chance. As you go down the checklist of requirements for this position and compare that against my resume and cover letter please do not get stalled on the fact that I don't have quite the amount of teaching experience "preferred." Please notice that I have quite a few smaller bits of teaching and realize that I clearly tried everything I could during graduate school to teach while not causing my boss to kick me out of the lab. Please also notice that while you only require that an instructor have a Master's degree I have a Ph.D. Let that count for something. Let that be a sign to you that I have a huge amount of experience training and teaching people in the laboratory setting - and that's a good thing. Please, somehow, see between the lines and know how much I want this job and how I absolutely know that I am the right fit for it. Pass on my paperwork to the head of the division who will see what an asset I would be to your school. Know that if you let me get past this formal, fill out the forms and sign on the dotted lines portion of the process and into that part of the process that you actually get to meet me you will find a smart, eager, hard working, patient person who would make a great instructor. Really, I promise, I'm worth it. Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from you.



Sincerely,



Me






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