More new approach

As you can tell from the letter I wrote to the company it represents a slightly different approach:

- for a start it's an on-spec letter as I couldn't find out who would be a good recipient for it
- it's punchier than I'd normally write, certainly the subject and opening line are punchier
- it's more sale-sy than I'd normally write and there's more text than usual

Plus the c.v. I attached ("my details") was in PDF format. I normally send a Word file in RTF but for this application I thought I'd see how PDF is treated by the company. I think it looks much better. (Incidentally I use www.gobcl.com for free conversion to PDF).

The advice I was given from at least one career consultancy was to print out such letters and send them by post.

I've done this a few times before but I simply emailed this one. Well, it's a high-tech very 21C company and I just don't think a posted letter would be well received.

Did you spot the error in the covering letter?

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I put my last salary as £xx p.a. It should, of course, be £xx k p.a. though why it isn't £xxx k p.a. is nothing short of a national scandal.

Oh well, it's a minor blimp. I actually added that line just before sending and guess I did it a bit too quickly. The rest I'd proof read - aloud - several times.