Well, I probably want this job because I have this lingering fear for future financial security pounded into me by the many corporate powers successfully to infiltrating and influencing the cultures I subscribe to. In my heart, I know I want to just get stoned, walk up and down the beach, collect materials from the land and build a self sustaining house, or battle bad guys in a post apocalyptic wasteland. That, however seems like it belongs more in a post titled (Why) Do I Want A Job? rather than one titled (Why) Do I Want This Job? I suppose I want this job, in particular, for a few different reasons. None of said reasons are bullshit, might I add.
At first, I didn't want to write so much because I thought "What employer wants to spend the time reading such a drawn application?" Then I answered my own question: "A good one."
[insert your company name here] is a company I have respected even since back when I lived in the basement apartment under a head shop in the Daytona Beach, while I struggled to find a balance between idealism and reality, while I was learning the best tools for sustaining creativity are awareness and response. That is important to me above pay, benefits or any other perks you may have to offer.
After I had enough experience to answer "What kind of work do I find the right gratification in?" I learned a more important question is "Who do I really want to work for?" After realizing the importance of that question, it seemed I was the only person I wanted to work for. I have started my own small business dealing in media production. I wanted to help artists produce their art and expand their audience all the while providing the collective audience with relative resources to question aspects of their lives they may not otherwise examine. I still do, but now I know how difficult it is do alone. If I do not get this job, I believe my skill set and knowledge will, when coupled with hard work and endurance, be enough to continue to bring this vision to life. However, to become part of the team at [insert your company name here] means that I can not only do what I love to do, but I can also forgo continuing to struggle to launch and develop a small business by joining forces with someone well established who's work I hold with high esteem.
Deadlines are a beautiful thing, even when they're subject to change. That may read sarcastically, but it was written with sincerity. I love riding roller-coasters; I almost get the same thrill from pulling creative strings with intelligent design to pull a project together. Guiding a team to success is something I am very comfortable with. Not only do I get to do that working for [insert your company name here] , but its a requirement.
All the while I get to have some space to manage my time and juggle my tasks in my own effective way. There's a lot to do and a lot to keep an eye on. I can cover it. In fact, it will give me the means to focus on something, or many things, which is exactly what I need. I am ready and able to do what's go to be done to bring the work of [insert your company name here] to the people who deserve it.
Editing writing and video are passions of mine. It turns me on. I'll stay up all night editing, and when the morning comes, I'll feel like a new man. I also love traveling, and being level with the locals in strange places. I love remaining calm and defusing tense situations with dangerous potential. I love an audience. I love being subtle yet firm when appropriate, as well knowing when to remain passive and finally knowing when to shut the fuck up and just do it. Working with [insert your company name here] gives me the opportunity to utilize these aspects of my experience and personality.
These and other things and other things went through my head as I constructed the second page of my resume. As far as I'm concerned, it's the first time I've ever made an honest resume, because it's geared towards doing something I really enjoy doing for a company I want to do it with.
By the time you've read this, I've already sent this off to several choice digital media production companies, each with their own unique cover letter.
Unfortunately, you are not always necessarily your choice's choice. While I am somewhat impressed and proud of my experience and resume, competition is fierce. I will be surprised if I hear any response from any companies. Since most companies won't even send you a templated email to let you know you've been rejected, let alone a personal message with reason, I will stay in some limbo of curiosity, wondering if human eyes other than my own have even read my resume.
Fuck it dude, let's go bowling.
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