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c3po

nearly the end of april.. you know what that means

m86-deactivated20171116

this is an advanced joke

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.)

cricketcat9

As a former professional recruiter and recruiting manager, I confirm, especially for entry-level positions, where you are competing with oodles of people. This little thing can make a difference. Also the fact that, maybe, you took time to google the “interview etiquette”.

boogiewoogiebuglegal

SIGNAL BOOST

ironswordandstarshield

The post-interview thank you notes can be a good way to recover in case you got asked a question whose answer you either didn’t know or felt was super weak. So if you follow the above given template, jump in with something like “upon further thought to your question, here’s my revised answer.”

But yeah always send a thank you note after an interview. It’s a small thing but it makes a hell of a difference. And def send thank you messages to any recruiters who may have helped. And also after you get the job. Small things like that really go a long long way.

toothmuncher3000

Holy shit I had no idea

melrows

This is Kjell Lindgren. He’s a NASA astronaut who just got back from 5 months on the International Space Station. There are two reasons why this picture is hilarious:

His wife is flawless and makes bad space puns to make him do household chores.

I have that shirt. Thousands of people have that shirt. That shirt is available at Target. Which means actual astronaut Kjell Lindgren, with his wardrobe already full of NASA-issued and logo-emblazoned clothes, was at Target, saw a NASA shirt, and was like, “Yes, I am buying this because this is what I want to spend my actual astronaut salary on.”

tl;dr NASA employs a bunch of fucking nerds

wolfayal

It gets better.

Courtesy of Wikipedia, here’s the poster NASA released for his mission to the ISS:

queerlyglittering

NASA confirmed for a bunch of fucking nerds

karama9

*wipes single tear*

They’re just too beautiful.

systlin

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again.

NASA personnel are, like, the top nerds. The alpha nerds. The absolute nerdiest nerds. The nerds other nerds look to for nerdspiration.

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

THIS IS ADORABLES :D

yet-another-elsanna-victim

I strongly recommend a visit to the following website (http://spaceflight101.com/iss/iss-expedition-posters/) that has all of them.

Everything started off all vanilla but a Expedition 16 they showed that they were truly Masters of The Dork Side of The Force:

Some other amusing posters they approved:

midoriko-sama

Nerdspiration

books-n-quotes

“Reality is a sound, you have to tune into it not just keep yelling.”

— Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red (via books-n-quotes)

astraeuzz

quoting some very wise words by @shitty-study-blog : “remember that if you drink enough coffee, eventually your tears will be made of coffee and you can become your own infinite fountain of caffeine”

commanderbanana

I have this problem where I would much rather read the story I’m trying to write than actually write it.

downloading-new-emotion

i’ve been looking for this post my entire life

dramasbomin

you put it in words

wufflesvetinari

#i want it to spring into existence already written for me #but i don’t want someone else to write it because they’ll do it wrong

youcantbsirius

DEFINE MY LIFE

m4ge-deactivated20210331

could really go for a steaming mug of homemade hot cocoa at an old new england lighthouse in the middle of a stormy night while i stare at the raging sea wistfully right about now

i-am-a-fish

hey you know that thing you did a long time ago that makes you sad when you think about it? don’t let it bother you anymore. the fact that thinking about it makes you sad means that you’ve grown as a person since then

macrolit

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”

— Lewis Carroll (b. 27 January 1832)

the-book-diaries

“She is sugar, curiosity, and rain.”

— E. Lockhart, We Were Liars (via the-book-diaries)

kiingocreative

Words related to “courageous”:

bold

gutty

gritty

nervy

gutsy

brave

heroic

plucky

daring

valiant

gallant

spunky

spirited

fearless

intrepid

resolute

unafraid

doughty

valorous

foolhardy

daredevil

dauntless

confident

audacious

unflinching

lionhearted

mettlesome

undismayed

adventurous

stouthearted

humans-must-be-the-heroes

“It’s no fun reading about somebody who’s perfect. You want to read about people that you can identify with…because we’ve all got problems and if you can create and write about a character who is flawed but manages to overcome those flaws…then I think that’s pretty good.” - Stan Lee (1922-2018)

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You have only seen the beginning of your legacy, for legacies are like gardens — they grow until they become legends.

Excelsior!