Anything wrong with this job application?

axe · 26 Jun 2006 at 22:51

I am a good team player, quite outgoing, will talk to anyone and i can work unsupervised where needed. i have plenty of customer experience having worked in the retail sector for some time although I no longer due to Them insisting that all employees get to work by 8:45 every morning. And i just Couldn't work under those conditions, But Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping'. I have never quit a job!

and i care about high standards of customer service, and will understand their needs and try to accomidate as to the best of my ability. I am 26 years of age, and have worked within the computing industry before several times. I Provided the Best Serivce in my previous occupation, but the company made me a scapegoat - just like my three previous employers.

I apply for the Tec-001, sal-001 and war-001 vacancies, in this email, as i feel 3 mails from the same person would be irrelavent as you can read my semi profile within this one.

I hope to hear from you soon

PS : Please call me after 5:30 because I am self-employed and my employer does not know I am looking for another job

Dave2150 · 26 Jun 2006 at 22:59

How can someone apply for three different job roles?

To be he doesnt sound like he knows what he wants, he should have applied for one job and not three of them.

The rest of the application sounds OK in an informal way.

danza · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:01

Yours Faithfully, Dawg

Fixored

M0KUJ1N · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:10

Job application for the l33tsp33k generation:

Hiya,

g0t j0bz plz??

kthxbi!

xD

alexakasloth · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:19

(S)He said 'hiya', seriously, is that professinal?

Scuzi · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:22

$loth said:
(S)He said 'hiya', seriously, is that professinal?

It's about as professinal as it gets.

Otacon · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:23

Scuzi said:
It's about as professinal as it gets.

Mundu · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:26

I've got a job application at the moment and it asks which area you are applying for. I wouldn't mind working in selling or the warehouse and I only want a part time job so would it be a bad idea to tick two boxes?

Also in the hours you can work area and total time I'm not sure What hours I'll be doing when I start my new course in Septemeber but atm I can work anytime so should I just write flexible for now as September is far off and I'll tell them my future plans in the interview if I get one.

benneh · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:26

That's a pretty bad emeither really.
You would at least put a little effort in for gods sake!, and maybe spellcheck.

Hi Mate Spiy.

I R Ben, I like computers since i had a spectrum.

Can i have a part time job please?.

SpKM3 · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:26

If thats an example of one your better emails, can we have a peek at the poorer offerings?

"hiya" - should be replaced with "Sup dood, hows it hanging brother!"

Greenlizard0 · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:27

Sort OT but a little bit related.

I went to work in a clinic recently and I am used to meeting professors that happen to be hospital consultants aka "Hello it's a pleasure to meet you my name is...etc"

For some reason when the nurse whispered in my ear to say hello to this professor the first thing that came out was "alright mate? my name's..." Gah....*hits head on table*

lay-z-boy · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:34

roflmao at this thread, starz 4tw.

EVEN i would put effort into a job application.

Mundu · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:37

greenlizard0 said:
Sort OT but a little bit related.

I went to work in a clinic recently and I am used to meeting professors that happen to be hospital consultants aka "Hello it's a pleasure to meet you my name is...etc"

For some reason when the nurse whispered in my ear to say hello to this professor the first thing that came out was "alright mate? my name's..." Gah....*hits head on table*

You would have got away with,
"Alright Prof!"

Nobody calls professors prefessors anymore. It's all about the Profs.

thebrasso · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:38

He or She demonstrates a total lack of effort, not including a CV, poor grammar and no examples given of his experience.

I applied at OCUK last summer, had an interview with Phil, was told I'd done well but went on holiday for a few weeks. In that time somebody else was hired.

I'd like to think that I at least made an effort.

DRZ · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:38

The real reason is because he bought a 386 SX 25 rather than the DX 25 :rolleyes:

Crazy days for Intel back in 1991, get chips to work with two types of FPU? Naaaaah

M0KUJ1N · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:47

DRZ said:
The real reason is because he bought a 386 SX 25 rather than the DX 25

Crazy days for Intel back in 1991, get chips to work with two types of FPU? Naaaaah

Wasnt the FPU a separate chip (the imaginatively named "80387") at this time, with the difference between the SX and the DX being the SX having crippled data buses? Not as nasty as the difference between the original 486 SX/DX chips, which were identical except they disabled the on-chip FPU on the SX models!

edit: I now suddenly feel old :|

ajgoodfellow · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:56

It's not a good example

The spelling and grammer is appalling. How they could expect a job with an application like that?

hiya,

Not a good way to start. It should be "Dear Sirs" or "Dear Mr Smith" if you have a contact name

I am a student at [city] University studying for Digital film and 3-d Animation. I am sending this correspondance as i feel i would be suitable to apply for more than one of the vacancies listed on your website. I have a reasonable knowledge of building and repairing computers, and can recognise relavent hardware and ascertain software faults within windows. i have been building pc's for some years now, my first being a 386SX 25 machine back in the mists of time. I currently live on [city] campus, but would have no issues commuting to work within your team.

Very vague. They should state exactly what knowledge they have and they should apply for one vacancy. This whole paragraph comes across as if they cannot be bothered

I am a good team player, quite outgoing, will talk to anyone and i can work unsupervised where needed. i have plenty of customer experience having worked in the retail sector for some time, and i care about high standards of customer service, and will understand their needs and try to accomidate as to the best of my ability. I am 26 years of age, and have worked within the computing industry before several times.

Again, vague and very poorly written. They should state where they worked and what they have spent their time in. This is just rambling on

I apply for the Tec-001, sal-001 and war-001 vacancies, in this email, as i feel 3 mails from the same person would be irrelavent as you can read my semi profile within this one.

Poorly written. Where is their CV? If this is a covering letter, it's not a good one!

Something like this would be preferable:

Dear Sirs,

My name is John Smith and I am writing in response to your website advert for a Technician, reference TEC001

I have been interested in computers for many years - my first self built computer was a 386. I have always kept up to date with the latest technologies as and when they emerge.

I am a final year university student at [university] studying Digital Film and 3D Animation with a predicted Lower Second degree.

Having worked part time in the computer retail industry at [x, y and z], I believe that I will work well in a team. [Talk about what jobs he/she was involved in. If he/she was promoted to a supervisor or in charge of staff then mention it]. During my college and university years I built, troubleshooted and maintained a large number of computers for friends and family.

I believe that I have much to offer - I will be available all the time for interview

I look forward to hearing from you shortly

Yours faithfully,

John Smith

Burnsy2023 · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:57

M0KUJ1N said:
Wasnt the FPU a separate chip (the imaginatively named "80387") at this time, with the difference between the SX and the DX being the SX having crippled data buses? Not as nasty as the difference between the original 486 SX/DX chips, which were identical except they disabled the on-chip FPU on the SX models!

edit: I now suddenly feel old :|

Sorry for going off topic.

But to reinforce above ^^

The 386SX, SL and DX did not have intergral FPUs. The main difference was the data bus width. The DX has a 32bit databus width whilst the SX only had a 16 bit databus width. Therefore the amount of addressable memory on the SX was only 16MB whilst the DX had 4GB.

Oh, and the SX was avaliable in '88 whilst the DX was avalible in '85 funny enough. The 486 was out in '91.

Did you know that Intel will cease production of the 386 in 2007?

Burnsy

M0KUJ1N · 27 Jun 2006 at 00:03

Sounds like a potential interview question for said post tbh.

"What is the difference between the 386SX andthe 386DX processors and how does it influence (if at all) performance and addressable memory space?"

(Yes, its probably a good thing I tend to be on the receiving end of job interviews...)

Burnsy2023 · 27 Jun 2006 at 00:07

M0KUJ1N said:
Sounds like a potential interview question for said post tbh.

"What is the difference between the 386SX andthe 386DX processors and how does it influence (if at all) performance and addressable memory space?"

(Yes, its probably a good thing I tend to be on the receiving end of job interviews...)

And why was the SX released after the DX?

God help any interviewee

Burnsy

@DRZ, can....worms....everywhere....