Mr Baskerville did not get the job! He fully expects you are as amazed as he is.* And after yet again failing to select 6 winning numbers, he is back looking for work.
Mr Baskerville knows that hiring managers are busy, important people who probably won't read more than a couple of sentences. So why waste their time with well-crafted descriptions of your former work-related triumphs? Mr B has managed to distill his 18 years of publishing industry experience into one succinct sentence.
Adapt this for your own job hunts, or just copy and paste it directly into your email, whatever works for you.
Dear Sir,**
I am a detail-oriented, self-starting team player, motivated towards effectively communicating my problem-solving goals while thinking in colour, dreaming of typefaces, and longing to enter your data.***
Sincerely,
Mr B
*not very, actually.
**Mr Baskerville knows he should find the actual name, but he cannot be arsed. And a quick internet search tells him that most hiring managers are men. So you have about 50% chance of being right. Besides, we all know women just love being mistaken for men, so you're probably on a winner either way.
***not a euphemism, though it should be
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Also useful for picking up people at the bar, 'I long to enter your data'. win-win
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