Recently I have been waking up at 5AM to send email job applications, so that the potential employers might take note and perceive me as some kind of early bird.
A friend said this was dishonest of me, but for me (and probably you) applying for jobs is all about dishonesty.
I have answered the question "What is your biggest weakness?" honestly in a job interview. It ended in tears.
So my latest "creative enterprise" has been re-imagining my work experience of three jobs held for less than two months each as desirable and useful. Of course I'm pulling from my academic, professional and volunteer experience and hunger for new experience, so I'm lucky if I can get my cover letter to three sentences.
In a recent job application I claimed to be a freelance writer. When they emailed me back with a questionnaire and asked for two samples, I thought they'd called my bluff. But when I started filling out the questionnaire and looking at all the odd bits of writing paid for (or not) by internet strangers of questionable motivation, I think I found two things that made me seem competent at writing articles, not the weird story-ish things I normally do. The process of creation and revision are great, but I probably couldn't get along without these brief, serene moments where I've convinced myself that I've convinced someone else that I might be able to write.
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