How to work at a startup : 3. Cover letter and social media - überlin
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Voilà un plan qui marchait très bien dans le passé mais il est moins efficace depuis que chacun/e s’y prend de cette manière.
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Dear NAME_OF_RECRUITER,
My name is [-Federico Prandi-] Barry LaVaughn [PRO TIP: use a name that oozes out awesomeness: fake IDs aren’t as expensive as you think!] and I’m applying for the position of Online Marketing Manager after[- applying to three others and being rejected-] finding the job posting on [-some random Reddit thread-] the company website.
I’ve spent the past year [-watching every season of Survivor on my couch-] traveling around the world, but now I need money feel like it’s time for a new professional challenge. I’ve been keeping an eye on NAME_OF_COMPANY for the past [-seven minutes, while simultaneously shopping on Amazon-] years and I was always impressed by your constant achievements in terms of growth and marketing efforts.
Before traveling, I worked for two months years at a marketing agency whose main focus are on-site and off-site SEO. When the company started offering a wider range of services, [-the fact that I have a Twitter account with more than 6 followers-] my holistic approach to online marketing came especially handy and I was given new responsibilities. My professional path gave me practical experience in [-stalking people online-] conducting detailed on-site audits, developing actionable inbound marketing strategies and researching keywords in a clever way. My team [-left the boat before it sank-] swayed between “very small” and a “one-man-show”, which made me cry in the shower at night called for crazy organizational skills, high versatility and alcoholism a talent for setting priorities.
In my private time I tend to read and write Harry Potter erotic fanfic in a lot of online places (forums, blogs, e-zines, online newspapers, social media…you name it!); this gave me a very sharp sensitivity when it comes [-to anything futile in life-] contemporary online trends and the language of the web.
Having read the profile you’re looking for, I [-am going to ignore all the requirements I don’t have and apply anyway think-] I might be a valuable asset to your team and at the same time have a chance to grow as a marketer.
I look forward to hearing back from you and dive deeper into the selection process.
Best,
Barry
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There is one more little thing that needs to be done in order to make your application really really perfect.
Hire a private investigator (or me if I’m bored) and ask him to turn the internet upside down in search of some dirt about you. As much as you consider yourself an amazing human being, that time you made fun of coat-hanger abortions on Twitter may not be well perceived by everybody.
