Dear Busieness owners/Head of recruitment in the Truro/Falmouth area,
You have most likely had an application from me, because I have applied for nearly everything out there. Obviously traditional means of apply for jobs have failed for me. Mainly because "there is someone better suited for the position". This open letter is to propose my argument that I am best suited.
One of the questions I have been asked most at interview is "You did a Film degree, so you want to end up in the industry?". This a a valid assumption, but did you not consider the fact that maybe the practical side did not intrest me? That I enjoyed the theory side which was half of the course? The majority of my essay I wrote where based on cultural aspects of film making. Film as art if you will. I did research into American, Japanese and British cultures and how this effected their film making. The themes that arose and why these film where made the way they were. I can tell you about tends. Why various monster films will keep reapearing in mainstream and cult culture. I can tell you about fears and anxieties of nations based on the films that are being produced at the time, and how these evolve. You may not think this is relevant to your company, but when it boils down to it. I am good at research. And I didn't bases my arguments on just film theory. I looked at culture, fashion, criminal, history, traditions and many more to support my arguments. I can think outside the box. From this i have a keen eye for cultural trends, when they will happen and how long for. I'm not saying I can see into the future, but I can analyse things well and backup arguments.
My degree has enabled me to learn a vast amount of transferable skills. I work to deadlines, I can deal with difficult people, I can organise people and schedules, I know the proper release forms, health and safety forms and other legal documents needed, and I can fill them in properly. In fact I have been praised by location owners by the professionalism of my health and safety forms. This doesn't just show that I know about trip hazzards and dangers it also shows I think of all possible outcomes. Overall, I can deal with long hours and a lot of stress.
I also get asked a lot, "You're obviously very creative, how will you deal with a 9-5?". Well I crave stability. I like things to happen when they should. I hate being late, I like to know exactly what I am doing in a day. Now this doesn't mean you have to set out specific tasks for me to do and what times I have to do them. I like to make my own time-tables. You don't know how long it will take me to do a task. I do, and over the last three years of my life at University I have descovered how I work best. One of the best things about my course is that we where set a brief, given a deadline and told to get on with it. Help was there and we went to meetings to discuss our progress. If you don't believe me I'm sure my tutors will agree with me. Another reason I could cope with a 9-5 is because it is set hours. I can plan my creativity around it. Told you I was organised.
It should be obvious, my generation has gown up with technology. I can use MS office as well as the majority of Adobe software. I shouldn't need an NVQ in typing to prove this. My CV is typed after all and I would of sent you it via email.
I know the tone of this open letter is quite angry, funnily enough because it's frustrating doing everything you can and still not having a job. But it shows I have passion and enthusiasm. There is not enough space on my CV to write all my qualities and achievements, if I had put them on their you would not have read past page one as the ratio of jobseekes to jobs on Cornwall adverages around 60:1. All my hope is out into the fact that someone might see my CV and realise I have potential in their business, that I would benifit them in some way. Not only that but I could happily work there. Let's face it, if I am not happy in a job I will not give it my all unless there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Best Regards,
Lucy Jane Pullinger
If you would like to read another open letter to employers I wrote when I was slightly more hopefull please see here
No comments:
Post a Comment