Tuesday, 3 January 2012

So far, so rejected

I recently got my CELTA qualification. This involved not much sleep and a lot of silently crying at photocopiers. I am (technicallynow 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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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.

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