International Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
I'm writing my first ever cover letter
Good lord I'm a bit lost.
Think tonight might be a "shot before bed" kind of night. DH is grumpy, too.
Re: I'm writing my first ever cover letter
Yeah, I think cover letters are kind of stab-yourself-in-the-face-with-a-fork inducing myself.
If it would make you feel better about it, I'm happy to proof it. Sometimes a second set of eyes makes everything okay, and sometimes it's better to pass it on unseen.
Bwah. I threw in the towel, made it ambitious (but just one page) and figure it won't work. There's no way they're going to consider me.I sent it in an hour ago and got a response that the search committee will begin evaluating candidates in February so I can forget about this for awhile.
Oh well, at least I can say I applied for something in the States! This was the wrong day to be doing this since I received a note which sure makes me think I'm getting renewed for next year.
Thank you, however, for the offer of proofing!!!
My DH used to spend hours on a cover letter when he was unemployed. I kept telling him that while he shouldn't make any glaring errors or use curse words, HR people rarely actually read them. I spent several months at an internship where my job was to pre-sort applications, and I almost never took the time to read the cover letter. My dad, who sometimes does recruiting for a worldwide firm has said the same. Now DH is an HR director and told me that he also hardly ever reads them.
In other words - make it good but don't spend a week on it making it Pulitzer-worthy.
And amen to the shot before bed. I had a glass and a half of red last night and might have made it more but the bottle was empty.
No, they sent you an acknowledgement which is like a return receipt. No further action necessary.
Thank you.
Sorry for the stupid question. I was doubting myself!
It wasn't a stupid question. If it turned out that everyone sent in a little note then you would have felt stupid for not doing so!