Reasons I am perfect for this job.
1 I exist outside the box
2 I live eat and breathe media
3 I have accounts on all social media sites including bebo and skype
4 I have begun watching Hulu more then I watch cable
5 Imdb is in my bookmarks bar at home as well as at work
6 I have all these ideas about how media can be improved from advertising to content to ratings data collection and analysis
7 I already work for the company and I do enjoy what I am doing but I feel as though I am not being used to the best of my potential
8 I am young enough to be “in the know” but old enough to handle responsibility
9 I have ADHD, which I don’t usually mention when trying to get a job but there are definite benefits to having ADHD. The biggest is that my mind is always going and building on ideas.
10 I am never content to leave things alone simply because they are working. I like to improve things.
11 I am an editor in all things – if I see a good idea I know that I can make it better, and if it is already perfect I know I can expand it or I have an idea on how to market it.
12 I have my own blog and have ideas for several more. I am also constantly listening to podcasts and have started recording my own which I will be posting at itunes as soon as I am satisfied with the editing and continuity of the format.
13 I am not mainstream media. I believe mainstream media needs to be fixed and I have ideas on how they could and should go about doing it.
14 I know that everything I am putting down here sounds trite and like I am repeating everything that the job posting says but I am genuine.
15 It is difficult to communicate my sincerity in a bunch of bullet points but it is more strait forward and honest then a long and perfectly worded cover letter.
16 I do not know it all. I have a great education from a great communications school, I am always reading, researching, listening to, watching or otherwise engaging in media in a never-ending quest to expand my knowledge but it is an imperfect mission because I will never know it all - and even if I do at some point know everything there is to know about media I will have forgotten half of it by the time I learn the other half - and even if I didn't forget any of it there will be something new to learn about in the next minuet, hour, day, week, month etc...
Why do I mention everything I don't know? Because I like to learn and I am not afraid to say I don't know / understand something. I will never lie and say I know / understand something to sound impressive because I will not sound impressive and when I am asked to show my "skill" I will not only embarrass myself but prove myself to be a lier. Not to mention the stress of worrying about being caught in my lie until it happens. Yes, I have in fact sadly made the mistake of exaggerating my knowledge in the process of bragging or when faced with a know it all. My point here is that I have learned my lesson in the past and in doing so I also learned something else, people like to talk about what they do. It makes them happy and proud when they can explain something to someone and often they will take a personal interest in your skill once you have asked for help. So it is a win win win. You don't look stupid, you are spared the stress of worrying about being caught, you actually get the skill or knowledge you would have been lying about in the first place, and you might even end up with a mentor of sorts.
Ok so when did this become some morality lecture about lying? I don't know, but I did warn you that I will do that some times. Normally I would fix everything in editing but I am going to try to keep this organic. So all the extra stuff and less than stellar writing will be there for all to see. But this way you all get a glimpse into my head. Not that I expect anyone to actually look.
