Top Down View » cover letters http://www.topdownview.com My View Of The World Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:33:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Job application typos http://www.topdownview.com/2008/08/job-applications/ http://www.topdownview.com/2008/08/job-applications/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:55:15 +0000 Jon Jennings http://extrathought.wordpress.com/?p=27 What is it about replying to a job posting that means it’s impossible to spot a typo in your cover letter, even if you read it through a dozen times?

However approximately two seconds after you hit send (you know – at the moment when the “sending” progress bar hits 95% and disables the cancel button) the error jumps out and hits you in the face.

“Please accept this resume in application for the Java developer position advertised on Craiglist.”

Damn!

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