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Dec. 1st, 2012 05:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotI just wrote
the
best
cover letter for the millinery apprenticeship at Colonial Williamsburg. I doubt I have a hope in hell of getting an interview - I don't have that much actual sewing experience (just thinking-about-sewing experience) and I haven't acted in years - but that was seriously the most persuasive and enthusiastic cover letter I've ever written. It feels so good to do one where my degree in fashion and textile history is a bonus, rather than something I have to explain. And while this might contribute to that when I apply to other, more collectionsy positions, it would be a really definitive way to say "I can make clothing for your interpreters" (rather than "I can theoretically make clothing for your interpreters, I guess") AND would be experience from an institution that everyone knows about.
And you know, I was mainly applying because Julie sent me the job and I wanted to be able to say I'd applied for it tomorrow, but now I'm all imagining how awesome it would be and how much fun I'd have and aghaiofrjdks why do I always do this to myself?
I have a few other jobs to apply for from another site, but they are ALL over the country, oh god plunging back into despair at the complete lack of job opportunities that exist. Dad thinks I don't work very hard at looking for jobs because I'm lazy or something, but it's really because looking at the websites makes me want to cry. I know I complain about this all the time, but it is just soul-crushing when I actually let myself think about it.
the
best
cover letter for the millinery apprenticeship at Colonial Williamsburg. I doubt I have a hope in hell of getting an interview - I don't have that much actual sewing experience (just thinking-about-sewing experience) and I haven't acted in years - but that was seriously the most persuasive and enthusiastic cover letter I've ever written. It feels so good to do one where my degree in fashion and textile history is a bonus, rather than something I have to explain. And while this might contribute to that when I apply to other, more collectionsy positions, it would be a really definitive way to say "I can make clothing for your interpreters" (rather than "I can theoretically make clothing for your interpreters, I guess") AND would be experience from an institution that everyone knows about.
And you know, I was mainly applying because Julie sent me the job and I wanted to be able to say I'd applied for it tomorrow, but now I'm all imagining how awesome it would be and how much fun I'd have and aghaiofrjdks why do I always do this to myself?
I have a few other jobs to apply for from another site, but they are ALL over the country, oh god plunging back into despair at the complete lack of job opportunities that exist. Dad thinks I don't work very hard at looking for jobs because I'm lazy or something, but it's really because looking at the websites makes me want to cry. I know I complain about this all the time, but it is just soul-crushing when I actually let myself think about it.
