i am a work in progress

leslie. she/her. nyc.

[minjoongis]

lol i just remembered my password to this

[artuzzy]

WHY THO?

[mythicalevenings]

Another Sudden Secret  [ x ]

[exmellivorinae]

OH MY GOD whyyyy did no one tell me you’re supposed to send thank-yous after interviews?? Why would I do that???

“Thank you for this incredibly stressful 30 minutes that I have had to re-structure my entire day around and which will give me anxiety poos for the next 24 hours.”

I HATE ETIQUETTE IT’S THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE THING FOR ME TO LEARN WITHOUT SOMEONE DIRECTLY TELLING ME THIS SHIT

[a-windsor]

NO ONE TOLD YOU???? WTF! I HAVE FAILED YOU. Also: Dear ______: Thank you so much for the opportunity to sit down with you (&________) to discuss the [insert job position]. I am grateful to be considered for the position. I think I will be a great fit at [company name], especially given my experience in __________. [insert possible reference to something you talked about, something that excited you.] I look forward to hearing from you [and if you are feeling super confident: and working together in the future]. Sincerely, @mellivorinae

[exmellivorinae]

THIS IS A LIFESAVING TEMPLATE

[a-windsor]

YOU ARE WELCOME

[emeraldboreas-deactivated201809]

My brother got a really great paid internship one summer. The guy who hired him said the deciding factor was the professional thank you letter my brother sent after the interview.

[suaimhneas-peace-deactivated202]

should it be an email? or like a physical letter?

[daminwayne]

email, you want to send it within a few hours at max after the interview if you can so it’s fresh in their mind who you are. 

[khirsahle]

Confirmed! I interviewed for a job right after arriving in NY. The interview went incredibly well, and I went home and immediately wrote a thank you letter and put it in the mail. I had a super good feeling about this interview.

I didn’t get the job.

However, a few weeks later, I was called in to interview with another editor in the same company, and I did get that job. I found out later from the initial editor (the one who didn’t hire me) that he had planned to offer me the job, but since I didn’t follow up with a thank you letter, he assumed I didn’t really want it. He offered the job to another contender–but when he got my letter in the mail shortly after the offer had already been made, he went to HR and gave me a glowing recommendation. It was based on that recommendation that I got called in for the second interview.

So: send an email thank you immediately (same day!) after the interview. If you’re feeling extra, go ahead and send a written one too. OR go immediately to a coffee shop, write the letter, and return to the office and give it to the secretary.

Either way, those letters are important.

[neurofancier-deactivated]

Pro tip: If you really want HR to develop a personal interest in your application, publicly thank them on linkedin. Just make a short post telling your network about how X recruiter really went above and beyond to make you feel welcome, or about how be accommodating and professional they were, or whatever. Make sure to use the mention feature so they’ll get a notification and see it. 

Flattery will get you everywhere… and public flattery that might make its way back to their manager, doubly so.

[oaky-dokey]

Obligatory plug for one of FreePrintable.net’s sites: ThankYouLetter.ws. They have a whole section with interview thank you letter templates, and a page with specific tips for interview thank you letters. (There are also tons of other letter templates if you browse around a bit.)

[trashybooksforladies]

[dailyhayleykiyoko]

“From the beginning of writing that song, I envisioned myself in front of all the girls I had crushes on in high school,” she says. “I remember so well what it was like to idolize other people and look for validation from them. But then I grew up, and I realized: The only validation I need is from myself.”  x

[sodhya-deactivated20181218]

lol people out here going off on Malia Obama for having some fun like she doing something real bad like Martha please go worry about your frat son who gets drunk every day n call women whores because she uses dog filter on snapchat

[fvlani]

Like that Bush child didn’t kill someone. I’m through.

[5ullen]

In the last few days, there have been 3 major terrorist attacks that have gone hugely unreported by mainstream media: 

June 28th - Ataturk Airport Attack, Turkey - 45 dead, 238 injured

July 2nd - Dhaka Cafe Attack, Bangladesh - 22 dead, 40 injured

July 3rd - Baghdad Shopping Mall Attack, Iraq - 130 dead (the death toll so far), over 160 injured 

All in Muslim-majority countries. All during the Holy Month of Ramadan. And all committed by ISIS. 

And yet people still have the audacity to claim that “all Muslims are terrorists”, or paint those in the West as terrorism’s biggest victims. 

[queenstravelingdarling]

[gleegifs]

B:  You need a team that’s gonna gel.

[90sdeathstroke]

i just want girls to know that its ok to hold girls hands n shit but its ALSO ok to want a girl to rail u so hard u forget ur name. nothin wrong with that

[90sdeathstroke]

people are reblogging this with shit in the tags like “chill” and “you need jesus” and all i wanna say is yall can suck the fattest part of my ass im so tired of people acting like girls being attracted to girls is only ok if its cute and can be seen as platonic like the entire point of this post is people ignore the fact that there are sapphic girls that wanna fuck other girls! and that people keep acting like its gross and abnormal! stop acting like were nasty you shitheads!!!

[the-treasures-untold-deactivate]

Okay so I’m watching my friend’s cats while she’s away and she left me descriptions so I could tell who’s who

They’re pretty accurate 

[patinafans]

“6 inch heeeeeels, she walked in @thetonyawards like nobody’s business” 💋Living for this!!!

[awardseason]

Lupita Nyong’o attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City.

[minjoongis]

Tony Awards 2007 : With my teacher and her... chest

-blushes-

Tony Awards 2016 : With my teacher and her breasts

-signs big boobs-

[blackonbroadway]

Audra McDonald, Billy Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon and the cast of ‘Shuffle Along’ performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City

[glamorousladies-blog]

Renee Elise Goldsberry speaks onstage to accept the award for Best Performance By An Actress In a Featured Role In a Musical for her work in Hamilton during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)