willhub said:
So should I include my first cover letter for Aldi? I thought it was crap but if you people who know better think it's ok then I will include it.
I'm just not to confident about putting things like polite and I'd be great at this blah blah cause it takes me time to adapt really, I find it easy to adapt just it's not instant.
For example I can be quite shy at first not quite knowing what to say and all that and I get worried I might do something wrong, I keep saying what to people too, if I cant understand what they said, sometimes it takes me about 3 times, I must just have bad hearing with that one though.
Will - as an employer if you're quiet and unassuming / have to check things a few times before you're confident to do them, then great
As i said - no-one wants
1) people who are unreliable / take time off etc
2) people who are cocky and think they know it all after one 5 minute briefing
3) people who are brash and get on permanent staffs' nerves
Doesn't sound as if you are any of those
Going for a job for the 1st time is always daunting and I admire you for going for it and not just trying to sponge some money.
Go for it - no doubt. Send the letter
No responses - nothing lost
Get a chance - at the least your 1st job interview
Interviewers are smart. Don't watch the Apprentice (despite me putting up a pic of Sir Allen earlier) and think that's the real world - ie everyone supercompetitive and "high-flying". I interview all the time and I'm naturally shy and unassuming. You quickly see through bullshit if you interview enough people.
Your fellow applicants will be just as nervous and judging by your interests and dedication to cycling, you must be a hard worker.
If Aldi want to employ someone they'll probably employ you.
If they don't need anyone they won't - so send your letter around.