Problem: I wrote too many cover letters. After awhile, I wondered if anyone was actually reading them or just crumpling them up into little paper basketballs. I’m assuming it was the latter, because I did get relatively creative with my prose in several of the applications. Creative enough at least to maybe–just maybe–get a human (not automated) email response letting me know my application was received. But no, my thirty-minute generated prose was probably scrunched into a ball and deflected off the wastebasket rim like my hopes (and odds) of scoring a job.

Solution: I made a Musical Cover Letter / Resume!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot4K-KCLAqs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b]

I remember hearing somewhere that if you want to get noticed, make a music video. I also remember reading about some guy who got hired for a company because he designed a whole website dedicated to why the corporation should hire him. Essentially, he was applying for the job in a unique, creative way that illustrates what he can do for the company. It’s really two messages rolled up in creativity. So I was inspired by both ideas and made a music video resume. I tried to balance professionalism with humor (it’s basically how I operate anyway) with what I know how to do (write a fairly decent tune).

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application, cover letter, employment, hiring, jobs, resume by Al