http://www.flex-staffing.com/admin_assistant.asp?l=NYC
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Requires ability to properly read and write well enough to type, edit, and proof general business correspondence and prepare reports as normally acquired through completion of a high school education.
- Awesome clear communication skills. Comfortable with phone systems and corporate PBX systems.
- Typing and proofreading ability
- Experience with Microsoft office products, such as Word and Excel is necessary.
I will henceforth (if I didn't already) come off as a severely bitter and nit-picky person: First of all, the first bullet point really doesn't make any sense. I get what they're trying to say, but they didn't really say it. Second, if three out of the four bullet points end with a period, why not four out of four? And "Awesome clear communication skills"? Where's the comma that's supposed to be between "awesome" and "clear"? It's unfortunately absent. There is also supposed to be a comma after "Excel" and before "is necessary". Also, it's weird for an ad to use the word "Awesome" when everything else about the ad is so "formal" and technical (click the link to see the full ad), but I won't get on their case about that. I guess I just did, but not really.
In conclusion (this was a very short essay), I find grammatical errors and typos in at least 90% of the job ads I read (I have no background in statistics, but I feel comfortable with this estimation, and emphasize the "AT LEAST"), which range from part time basic data entry jobs for very small offices to full time w/ benefits positions at major non-profit organizations and private schools. Although I understand that typos and grammatical errors happen, (yes, we're all human, blah blah), the madness sets in after a while because I put a lot of time and effort into my resume and my individual cover letters --a lot-- and in building my skill set toward finding a good job, and well, I haven't found one in a while, so I'm frustrated and exhausted (exponentially so, over time (which makes motivation exponentially more difficult to maintain)). Over the past two years I have only ever had independent contractor jobs and temp jobs. And although I am very thankful for the work I have had and do have, I am endlessly frustrated and exhausted (yes, I'm using those words again because they are most clear and apt) by my search for a good full time job (or any full time job, frankly). Student debt, degrees, a long list of supposedly valuable skills, an energy to always learn new things, and I'm replying to ads for jobs, in which the copy contains grammatical errors and typos. Like I said, I understand it happens, but the unending ironic symbolism of it is enough to drive a person mad. No, I'm not really insane, but: Things don't and won't make logical sense, as a rule... And isn't that normally considered "insanity"? Oh dear, there I go again trying to make sense of things and demanding fairness and some kind of immaculate adherence to rules that is expected of me but not of my possible employers. I'm such a fool.
P.S. Yes, I've used multiple parenthetical statements inside other parenthetical statements in this "essay", and have also used ellipsis, but like the header of the blog says, this is my blog and I can do whatever I want. Plus, I'm a creative writer, and I enjoy playing with punctuation. BUT I DO NOT PLAY ON MY RESUME OR IN MY COVER LETTERS because it's not appropriate or useful in those cases. But this is my blog, so la dee dah.
In conclusion (this was a very short essay), I find grammatical errors and typos in at least 90% of the job ads I read (I have no background in statistics, but I feel comfortable with this estimation, and emphasize the "AT LEAST"), which range from part time basic data entry jobs for very small offices to full time w/ benefits positions at major non-profit organizations and private schools. Although I understand that typos and grammatical errors happen, (yes, we're all human, blah blah), the madness sets in after a while because I put a lot of time and effort into my resume and my individual cover letters --a lot-- and in building my skill set toward finding a good job, and well, I haven't found one in a while, so I'm frustrated and exhausted (exponentially so, over time (which makes motivation exponentially more difficult to maintain)). Over the past two years I have only ever had independent contractor jobs and temp jobs. And although I am very thankful for the work I have had and do have, I am endlessly frustrated and exhausted (yes, I'm using those words again because they are most clear and apt) by my search for a good full time job (or any full time job, frankly). Student debt, degrees, a long list of supposedly valuable skills, an energy to always learn new things, and I'm replying to ads for jobs, in which the copy contains grammatical errors and typos. Like I said, I understand it happens, but the unending ironic symbolism of it is enough to drive a person mad. No, I'm not really insane, but: Things don't and won't make logical sense, as a rule... And isn't that normally considered "insanity"? Oh dear, there I go again trying to make sense of things and demanding fairness and some kind of immaculate adherence to rules that is expected of me but not of my possible employers. I'm such a fool.
P.S. Yes, I've used multiple parenthetical statements inside other parenthetical statements in this "essay", and have also used ellipsis, but like the header of the blog says, this is my blog and I can do whatever I want. Plus, I'm a creative writer, and I enjoy playing with punctuation. BUT I DO NOT PLAY ON MY RESUME OR IN MY COVER LETTERS because it's not appropriate or useful in those cases. But this is my blog, so la dee dah.
