I got a rather amusing application for “inservice traning in Public relationsorCommunications field” today.
I feel rather bad for the poor guy, his email to me was so shocking I feel that he will never stand the chance of getting a job. Normally when someone sends me a CV with a spelling mistake I get irritated, stop reading it and hit delete. In PR there is no margin for spelling errors, I learnt this the hard way. In this case the application was just too bad to hit the delete key:
Hit delete on bad applications
“RE: Application for i inservice traning in Public relationsorCommunications field Kindly please recieve my application for inservice training.My name is n************* e******** d******** and I am currently registerd for my third year in Public relations Management at Durban University of Technology. As I am studying my lust year I am requerd to complite my 12 months working integrated learning that will give me practical experience in the field of public relations management, I therefore request you to allow me to complete my work experience with your organisation.
I have send my Cv in case you need it and it capts in your files
my contacts is ************ or ***************”
There are so many things wrong in this email besides the obvious spelling errors, for example how does this person think they are going to complete work experience while studying when their varsity is in Durban and our agency in Johannesburg? It’s very scary to think that this guy is in 3rd year! It really doesn’t say much for the standard at Durban University of Technology.
In many ways I want to help this guy, let’s be honest he is never going to get a job without it. At the same time I can’t say that I want to set this guy onto any company who hired him off the cover letter that I helped write. Let me know if you think we should help the poor guy out!
