7 thoughts on “The best job-seeking letter I ever received – from someone almost totally without experience”
Trevor Lambert
Somewhat confused. I’ve logged in on my paid for account to see the job seeking letter you have been raving about and I get a message saying it’s “Members Only Content”.
Is it in a month later than the one you have reached in your subscription, Trevor? Can you give Kelly@DraytonBird.com a bit of info? Sorry to be vague – but I often am:-(
That is one cracking letter for a job application Drayton . One would be stupid not to employ someone of that calibre. I am still waiting for a letter with that amount of enthusiasm to drop through my letter box to employ someone that has a real passion for what they do. Like a gentleman recently l said to me when I introduced him to my practice , ‘ your enthusiasm shines through’. I thought to myself then ‘ I must be doing something right and different ‘ . He turned out to be a retired scientist. I fully agree with you about get out of the job if you don’t like it, you are only making yourself miserable and that of your colleagues who really enjoy their job. It cost me nearly £7000 in redundancy to let go of 2 employees who did not like the job. They realised that they did not enjoy it following some significant changes I made since taking over . This I saw not as a loss but a benefit as the damage it would have caused my business in the longterm would have been far worse. Keep on learning and studying I say to all these young enthusiastic employees. What a waste of grey matter . Thank you for all your wisdom it is definitely not wasted here! : )
This is such a wonderful letter, especially from one so young. Clearly shows he had read about and discovered something more than just your copywriting teaching. He found about you as a person.
I remember having some success with letters asking TV researchers (a job I was interested in during my youth) for advice (I was invited to watch Countdown being made at the studios in Leeds – met everyone AND watched several episodes from the director’s box… I recall the team were AMAZING at coming up with long words, which were fed to dictionary corner via earpiece)…
But back to the letters I wrote, I added ONE stupid thing in every letter. I learned my lesson and NEVER did it again.
The young man who wrote to you was clearly smarter than me (but he was three years’ older – and wiser – than me when he wrote to you)
Somewhat confused. I’ve logged in on my paid for account to see the job seeking letter you have been raving about and I get a message saying it’s “Members Only Content”.
Is it in a month later than the one you have reached in your subscription, Trevor? Can you give Kelly@DraytonBird.com a bit of info? Sorry to be vague – but I often am:-(
That is one cracking letter for a job application Drayton . One would be stupid not to employ someone of that calibre. I am still waiting for a letter with that amount of enthusiasm to drop through my letter box to employ someone that has a real passion for what they do. Like a gentleman recently l said to me when I introduced him to my practice , ‘ your enthusiasm shines through’. I thought to myself then ‘ I must be doing something right and different ‘ . He turned out to be a retired scientist. I fully agree with you about get out of the job if you don’t like it, you are only making yourself miserable and that of your colleagues who really enjoy their job. It cost me nearly £7000 in redundancy to let go of 2 employees who did not like the job. They realised that they did not enjoy it following some significant changes I made since taking over . This I saw not as a loss but a benefit as the damage it would have caused my business in the longterm would have been far worse. Keep on learning and studying I say to all these young enthusiastic employees. What a waste of grey matter . Thank you for all your wisdom it is definitely not wasted here! : )
oops spell check gone wrong long-term
This is such a wonderful letter, especially from one so young. Clearly shows he had read about and discovered something more than just your copywriting teaching. He found about you as a person.
I remember having some success with letters asking TV researchers (a job I was interested in during my youth) for advice (I was invited to watch Countdown being made at the studios in Leeds – met everyone AND watched several episodes from the director’s box… I recall the team were AMAZING at coming up with long words, which were fed to dictionary corner via earpiece)…
But back to the letters I wrote, I added ONE stupid thing in every letter. I learned my lesson and NEVER did it again.
The young man who wrote to you was clearly smarter than me (but he was three years’ older – and wiser – than me when he wrote to you)
Really great stuff, read his Stirling Moss letter too. He’ll definitely go very far!
He did prove to be excellent. Still working with me