Should I write a letter of interest to a place that isn’t hiring? please please please GIMME ADVICE?
Devotchka asked:
Ok, so I’m a vet tech… and I graduated 2 years ago.
During my last quarter, I interned at a humane society and I absolutely LOVED it. They offered me a job then, but I was completely stupid and turned it down because I had already commited to another job… It only took me a couple months to realize that I had made a huge mistake and I’ve literally missed it there everyday since I left.
Well, a year passed, and I was fed up with the current job, so I wrote the humane society a letter of interest. The head vet called me the next day, and told me that she’d hire me in a second if she had an opening, but there were none at the time. She was moving away, but assured me that she’d leave my resume with the director of the humane society with her strongest recommendation to hire me.
Almost a year has passed again, and they still aren’t hiring, but do you think that I should write another letter to let them know I’m still very interested and just in case my resume is no longer there?
I don’t want them to think I’m stalking them or anything!
Tags: Humane Society, Last Quarter, Mistake, Stalking, Write A LetterOk, so I’m a vet tech… and I graduated 2 years ago.
During my last quarter, I interned at a humane society and I absolutely LOVED it. They offered me a job then, but I was completely stupid and turned it down because I had already commited to another job… It only took me a couple months to realize that I had made a huge mistake and I’ve literally missed it there everyday since I left.
Well, a year passed, and I was fed up with the current job, so I wrote the humane society a letter of interest. The head vet called me the next day, and told me that she’d hire me in a second if she had an opening, but there were none at the time. She was moving away, but assured me that she’d leave my resume with the director of the humane society with her strongest recommendation to hire me.
Almost a year has passed again, and they still aren’t hiring, but do you think that I should write another letter to let them know I’m still very interested and just in case my resume is no longer there?
I don’t want them to think I’m stalking them or anything!
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Two letters in two years isn’t stalking – it can’t hurt to keep them current on your level of interest.
You should also be asking if they have any volunteer opportunities. If you could volunteer a few hours a week, that would keep you in the loop and on the fast track for a postion when it does become available.
By all means do write and remind them of the past events and say you are still interested. Even if they have no job to offer you now, it will make a good impression and will help them remember you .
I would write an brief letter just to keep your foot in the door. Use some wording like I am sending a “Current” or “Updated” resume. Even if it happens to be identical to the old one, they will never catch it. You will be making a bigger mistake by wondering and doing nothing.
There are some other suttle tricks you can use to help plant a message in the resume by highlighting your phone number by using a larger and thicker font. Spell out such words as Avenue or Court in your address…..this shows that your literate and detailed oriented.
I think a letter of interest would be a great idea. Definitely a warm way of showing your interest, yet enough emphasis showing your professional side as well. Go for it! I’m sure you will soon find the job of your dreams…..just from your intentions here, you will be a grand employee for them or some other workplace. Good Luck!
If it is a different person than you originally spoke with, you might want to consider going to the place and meeting them personally giving them your resume. The volunteer idea is fantastic, too.