Cover Letter

Dear Audience,

This cover letter and attached resume are an indication of my interest in the position of Blogger at rockstarpoet.

Rule #1 – Do not blog about work or anything work related. What am I doing? Blogging about work.

I am not really blogging about work. To be honest, I am quite happy working for CCNMatthews. It’s a great company, great people and I have no moral objections to what we do—all in all, it’s a win-win(-win) situation. I am not all that interested in finding another job. I like the experience I am gaining here and it’s a really positive environment.

I’m sure by now the work spies have left. They got so bored of hearing me talk so now I can talk openly.

Every so often I like to check the different employment websites, just to get a feel of what’s going on in Calgary. If I see a job that is really intriguing I will apply for it. I do love CCNMatthews, but I don’t know (yet) if this is some eternal destiny. It’s been about 10 months—you can’t make that kind of decision after 10 months. If I happen to find a job that looks really promising I will apply for it. But, for the most part, I have rarely heard back. I have a couple ideas why I don’t hear back.

1. I am not a very attractive possibility on paper. I worked for bible camps and a couple of call centers my whole life. Plus I am a poet. Must be a neo-conservative Christian and a tree-hugging, doobie smokin’ hippie. I’m not either.
2. What is remotely interesting about a formal cover letter? Nothing. This doesn’t help matter either.

Since I have a job that I am quite happy with, I feel that I am allowed, if not encouraged to take certain liberties with my cover letters. Frankly, the formal approach wasn’t getting me anywhere fast. I have started writing very informal, crass and possibly funny cover letters. At this point in life, if I were to ever leave this job it would have to be for a company that would accept me as much or more than CCNM. I think accepting one of my wild cover letters would be a big step towards building trust and a future. On the other hand, maybe I should just be formal and play the game.

I really get a kick out of writing these cover letters. The few that I have done.