I recently got my CELTA qualification. This involved not much sleep and a lot of silently crying at photocopiers. I am (technically) now allowed to stand in front of people and tell them how to speak English. I have set this blog up to either gloat at friends and strangers alike or to contact search and rescue organisations, depending on how things pan out.
With this in mind I have been applying to pretty much anything I can which isn't clearly a scam or isn't in a place where I am likely to be shot at or kidnapped. My responses have largely varied between the blunt:
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Mời bạn xem th�ng tin chi tiết tại (website)
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to the wildly festive:
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Dear ******
We don´t have any openings for the first semester of 2012. We will keep your CV in our pending file.
The *********** wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year!!!
Sincerely,
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I have had one interview so far (Mexico, Skype) although the interviewer was mildly distracted by the tarantula attacking his wife. I didn't get the job though so I did have the last laugh.
Lessons learned:
* In your wife's face.
Lessons learned:
ReplyDelete* In your wife's face.
Brilliant.