Rip off the band-aid

This past week I realized something that I never understood before. Everyone goes out searching for that one person that will complete their life, when in all actuality our life should be complete without them and they should just add to the picture. I've been in a roller coaster of a relationship for the past 8 months. I was dating a guy over the summer that had to leave for Japan for two years because he is in the Marine Corps. We stayed together for the first 4 months until he informed me that he couldn't be with me until he came home. It put so much tension on the relationship and recently it has been nearly unbearable. But I realized something this past week. It's easier to just go ahead and rip off the band-aid and face the pain all at once then slowly tear it away and prolong the pain for longer than necessary. I realized that to be happy in a relationship I must be happy with myself first. So that is going to be my goal from now on, to concern myself with only my happiness and allow the pieces to fall into place.

Covering the Basics

I'd never really thought about the cover letter for a resume or what it is was used for. After reading the advice given it really gave me a new perspective of the cover letter. I agreed with the advice given for the most part. I didn't realize that employers don't normally read the cover letter first, it seems like since it is the first thing you see it would also be the first thing read. Another thing that was interesting to me is the fact that he advised not to write the cover letter about yourself. For me the most helpful thing was the advice to write about how you can benefit the company. I believe after reading this tutorial I will be less likely to make mistakes in writing my cover letter.

Personality; First or Second Life

I believe that there are just as many advantages to the online job interviews as there are disadvantages. While you can see what an applicant might choose to wear or choose to ask questions about I do believe a major disadvantage would be the fact that you would not get to see the persons actual skills in communicating. One of the things that I excel in is the fact that I can talk to just about anyone about anything. I pride myself in knowing how to approach people and get them talking to me. I feel like this process cuts out a majority of communication and keeps you from understanding the applicants actual personality. If the personality of the applicant does not affect the effectiveness of whether the person can do their job successfully then I feel like the interviewer would be able to get a quality interview.

Persuasive Writing

In the persuasive piece "Letter From a Birmingham Jail", King uses many tactics to enhance his effectiveness for getting his point across. His main tool for this is how he speaks directly to the audience and their emotions. Throughout the letter he addresses the fact that his sole purpose for his protests is love. He writes with extreme emotion when it comes to the speaking of the broken promises to the people of Birmingham. Although the letter is simply written and not being presented with actual words it is obvious his attachment to the subject.

Being that my major is marketing, it was not a very challenging task to find some type of ad of persuasion. Marketing of course, in itself is the study of introducing and persuading a customer into thinking that that product is the best. I chose an ad off of the Fuse TV website that featured Broadband High Speed Internet through Fuse music. The letter was written casually using phrases like "surfing the web" to appeal to the young audience that would be using the website. It was brief, to the point and addressed all benefits of the product. Comparing this letter to "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" they are quite the opposite. While King's letter is written to appeal to the audiences emotions, the websites letter is written to appeal to a specific audience and that audiences senses rather than emotions.