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Aug 09The Designer's Cover Letter, Temporary Web Siter, and Scaring off Female Candidates
by in Tales from the Interview on 2009-09-24The Designer's Cover Letter (from Josh Perry)
One of the great things about the graphic design profession is that your first impression to employers — your résumé — is often your strongest. Unlike programmers, who generally have wait until the technical interview to show off their chops, designers get the chance to show off their background and skills in one little sheet of paper.
That said, we've posted a number of different graphic design positions over the years, and have been blown away by the response. Quite a few résumés have been on par with these ones. But there was one that stood out from the rest. It came via fax (which, wasn't even posted on the job description) and had the following cover letter.