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mangoxmochi's avatar

This is great! and it's definitely a useful skill to have for pretty much everyone. Even having a written draft of what you want to say can be a great help.

like you mentioned, I think at its core, it's really about marketing or selling yourself. Nobody can read your mind, so every idea that you try to tell others about is filtered through your words, whether poorly or properly done.

From my experience in job interviews, you can be excellent at your job, but the interviewer sure as hell won't know that if you can convey it properly.

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Argo's avatar

Just look at the sample essay at the end. Isn't he the goodest boy? Don't you just wanna give him a job?

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mangoxmochi's avatar

of course! though I'm a little biased for dogs, so it could've been a one liner "gib money pls" and I would've been convinced haha

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Argo's avatar

If you're gonna beg like a dog with your tongue hanging out, at least put in the effort!

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The Ivy Exile's avatar

As someone who's occasionally helped inarticulate friends bring out what they were trying to say for various applications, these are great suggestions.

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Argo's avatar

I hope you had as much fun reading my application essay as a dog as I did writing it (a lot of fun).

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The Ivy Exile's avatar

Pretty f-ing funny despite the apocalyptic implications...

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Argo's avatar

I dare say that the whole system has.... gone to the dogs.

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