Archive for February, 2009

Cover Letter Tip: “Thank You” Magic

The holiday decorations are down. The carolers have put away their songbooks. A new calendar page awaits your comments and appointments and to-do list. It’s also time to say thank you to everyone who sent you a gift or a card or a cheery e-mail.

It’s also an ideal time to spread your appreciation to your business pursuits and contacts. As you write your cover letter to prospective employers, be sure to tuck in a few words of gratitude for the opportunity to introduce yourself and your skills, even as you ask for an interview for the job you want.

“Gratitude is the rosemary of the heart,”
according to 19th century American writer, Minna Antrim.

Keep in mind that the hiring manager has no obligation to respond to your cover letter. But if you sprinkle your letter with a bit of ‘rosemary’ he or she won’t be able to resist contacting you. Why? Because you will be among the very few who are more concerned with gratitude than greed. You will display your good heart and your interest in others, not just yourself. This small addition to any cover letter will put you in a class by yourself and it will be a signal that you are someone who would be a welcome addition to the company staff.

Some Ways to Say ‘Thank you’ Within Your Cover Letter

Use clear and simple language in your cover letter to convey your appreciation while at the same time displaying your talent and skills for the job you are interested in.

1. Thank you for taking a moment to consider my cover letter and resume. I appreciate how busy you are.

2. I appreciate the time you give to prospective employees such as me. I do not take it for granted.
3. I welcome a chance to talk with you about my skills and your expectations. Thank you for this opportunity to hear about your company and to share how I might fit into your plans.
4. I appreciate the job application guidelines you provided online. I’d like very much the opportunity to express my thanks in person for making it easy to introduce myself and my background and to find out how I can contribute to your company.

Avoid gushing or being sentimental. Focus on clarity and sincerity. You have what it takes to land the job you want. Make gratitude a high priority and you will succeed.

Jimmy Sweeney is the president of CareerJimmy and author of the new, Amazing Cover Letter Creator. Jimmy is also the author of several career-related books and writes a monthly article titled, “Job-Search Secrets.”

Visit Jimmy on the web at Amazing Cover Letters.com for your ‘instant’ cover letter today. In just 3 ½ minutes you will have an amazing cover letter guaranteed to cut through YOUR competition like a hot knife through butter!

A hardware cloth or a screen wire is needed to make a minnow trap. Other materials needed are a thin cord, fishing sinkers, and an ice pick. The cloth should be rolled in to a cone shape and it should be cut to any size of your choice. Tie up the lower side with the wire. Now fill up some fishing sinkers in the cone. Now tie a durable string to both the end of the open cone ends. Another line should be tied to the string for throwing it or to drag it. This would help to trap the minnows through the water. For the bait you can use crackers that are crunched up or use the bread in the trap. Cat food and dogs can also be used as bait. Now fasten a line to it and then throw it in a lake of your choice. You have to wait for a whole night for the minnows to fill up. Now in the next morning you can find the minnows in the trap and now you can dump them in a bucket and start for fishing.

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The clasps that are used for the necklaces are the fishhook types. These are used usually. 0.034″ bead tips are used in the large clasps. For the heavier threads, these are the sizes used mostly. For the lighter threads, 0.029″ bead tips are used. For smaller bead tips you can use further smaller clasps. The beading needle should be threaded with the right length of the thread and a knot is tied at the end of the thread. Now string one of the bead tips and loop the needle through it and tie the knot so that the knot is in the loop. Make sure that the flat end of the bead tip is next to the other bead. This kind of stringing is continued for the rest of the necklace. When you come to the last bead the clasp should come next to it instead of a knot. Jump rings can be attached to the clasp.

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The Mexican celebrations do have the pinata. Without it there is no celebration. The pinata could be in any shape which holds the candies, fruits, and toys in it. The people who take part in the celebration have to break that pinata to get access to the items found in the pinata. The shape of the pinata could be anything from plants, flowers, animals, and stars. It is easy to create your own pinata at home. The ingredients needed to create a pinata are flour, water, newspaper, balloon, paint, crayons, string and crepe papers. With these materials you can create your own pinata.

Make a paste with the flour and the water. Blow up the balloon and tie it. Use the paste on the paper and place the paper on the balloon. Once it dries up dip another paper in the paste and place it on top of the already placed one on the balloon. Let is dry. Leave a hole at the top. Once the papers dries up, pop the balloon and remove it and now you get the shape of the pinata. Make another hole at the top to tie a string to the pinata and hang it. Now put the items inside it so that you can use it in the celebrations.

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The principle of working of a car muffler and a suppressor (silencer) are the same. There are three stages in a silencer that have to be incorporated. The heat is absorbed and dissipated rapidly in the first stage of the silencer. Gases are also cooled quickly and hence there is a reduction in the compression. In the second stage the bullet speed is reduced to sub sonic speeds with the help of plastic or rubber washers. In this stage also compression is reduced. The most complicated stage is the third stage that has wooden washers and rubber discs. The rubber discs are placed between wooden washers. Rubber cylinders are used at the end of this stage to slow down the air that goes out. All these stages have to be incorporated within a 1 �” PVC pipe. The PVC pipe should be of type 300 PSI. You can refer to some websites that give the exact specifications and dimensions of the materials that are used in the three stages of the silencer.

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Bracelets can be made of wire and beads of jasper and carnelian can be used along with the wire flowers in creating the bracelets. Colored wire, beads, memory wire, and components of favorite jewelry can be used to create cuff style wire bracelet. Wire clover design and jump rings can be used to create clover style design of the bracelet by incorporating charms in to beads. It could be soldered or unsoldered. It is a pleasure to create such design with high quality wire and beads. For a beginner, they have to learn how to make loops using wires, how to create jump rings, and hook clasp. They should also know how to make wire wrapping dangles. You will enjoy that fun once you learn this and get some experience in making wire bracelets. Wire can be crocheted with beads to make a wonderful crocheted bracelet. For this soldering is not required. You can also use jig to create the simple wire bracelet.

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