Mouth full of fonts
It’s now 8:00 AM, and I’ve just finished printing out the 5th version of my cover letter for the Iowa City Public Library Perfect Job. No, it wasn’t typos or grammer that I was fixing – it was fonts.
Maybe it’s because I think this job is perfect, and want my cover letter and resume to reflect my NEED for this job, but I just wasn’t satisfied with how it looked. Part of it is that this is the longest cover letter I’ve ever written. I have actual professional experience, and with this particular position at least three different ways that I’m perfect for it. It’s a young adult and adult services position (no babies!) and editing the newsletter.
Hi. Everything I love to do is in this job.
All of the cover letters I’ve written were scrawny compared to this bad boy.
So it seemed that every font and size combination I tried today made the text look too bulky. I finally settled on Times NR, because it looks sort of literary. Rar. It’s too bad my computer seems to hate when I load a big font package, or I would have used something craaazy.
I’m going to go mail my application now. If you would all please please please think positive thoughts for me on this, I swear, I’ll never ask for another thing again.
Update:
No! No! No! The Onion is all over this!
Resume Font Offends Employer
“The decision to set his resume in default-font Times New Roman ‘deeply, personally, and irrevocably’ offended a prospective employer of Seth Hershey Monday.”
Garamond Garamond Garamond.
I also loves the Garamond. It got me my dream job. Well, maybe not JUST Garamond, but I believe in giving credit where credit is due.
Iowa City isn’t quite Portland, but I for one would be super 1000x hoppity skippity jumping up and down if you moved there. I love Iowa City, I love my family that lives there, and you +Jason moving there would be just another reason to visit.
Good luck!!
Crossing fingers and toes…
Cover letters make me all warm inside (probably because I’m in HR). Knock their socks off in the interview, chica!
I completely sympathize with your font distress. I always devote a large portion of my paper-writing time to font selection (this might be procrastination on my part). And I never feel like I can choose Times New Roman because it’s the default.
Oh. And GOOD LUCK. :o)
The best part about being an actor is that you don’t need a cover letter…you just need to have a picture of yourself and have the ability to kiss as at parties while drinking beer or wine or doing other naughty things…
I pilver you … and so will they!
With a Peter Pan & Tinkerbell force of concentration – I hope you get the job, I hope you get the job, I hope you get the job!
Oooooo! Sounds very Sonya-rific. I hope for the best!
Hey, Times New Roman is a perfectly respectable choice. Good luck. They’d be stupid not to hire you.