I was scrolling through part time jobs on craigslist today and happened to see a secret shopper reporting job that looked fun. I wrote a cover letter and changed my objective on my attached resume to read, “Seeking a secret shopping position….”
A few minutes later I came across some openings for English tutors. Thinking that would be a perfect fit for me, too, and seeing that they were looking to hire immediately, I quickly whipped up a cover letter about graduating with honors and volunteering as a tutor in the past. I updated the objective section on my resume again and was certain I had it in the bag.
When I went to change my objective back to copywriting for yet another application, I noticed that I had made a terrible mistake before sending out my resume to multiple tutoring companies. In my excited haste to apply, I hadn’t deleted back far enough before filling in my tutoring objective, and had sent out the following: “Seeking a secret tutoring position….”
Sweet Jesus! They’re going to think I’m the Michael Jackson of English tutors. I am dying of embarrassment.
I swear it’s not like that! I’m not a hands-on tutor! It’s not our little secret. Oh, dear God, suddenly the part of my cover letter about my passion for working with children seems very, very wrong. What have I done?!
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Don’t worry Nicole. Michael Jackson doesn’t know how to operate a computer. Besides, he’s too occupied playing dolls with his own kids. I think you’re safe…for now.
Oh my! I think we need some Jesus Juice to get over this faux pas.