Michael E., There are whole tomes written on handwriting analysis, including signatures. Much of it rings surprisingly true!
Judy, At a resume-writing workshop I attended a few years back, it was suggested that a "personal" or "hobbies" paragraph be added, along the lines of "my specialty is exploring bodegas in my Hispanic neighborhood" or "I am a Chinese checkers enthusiast. I learned from my grandmother, who is an expert"... in short, anything that gives a sidelight on how you might choose to spend some of your free moments and which presents you as a human, fun, or interesting personality. My examples aren't the greatest, but you get the idea.
Regards, Nancy C.
>From: Michael Eckford <michaelb@y...> >From: Michael Eckford <michaelb@y...> >Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com >To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [vocalist] Cover Letters for Singers/slogans/signatures >Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:46:26 -0700 > >Hello Judy, > >A couple further ideas and questions about some intriguing points you have >made... Really good common sense advice in your whole post, by the way... > >You wrote: > > > One of the most effective sections of any letter is the PS. It's the one >part > > of your letter that is most likely to be read. So try to think of >something > > interesting or unusual or exciting that you can tag onto the end of your > > letter--perhaps it's a mention of a mutual acquaintance, or an >invitation to > > attend your upcoming recital, or simply an offer to provide references. > >Great idea! Another idea sort of like this that I once picked up in a >class for >"general" resumes, when I was upgrading my "clerical" stuff - Under a >heading of >"personal qualities" or some such, put three or four adjectives that give >some >indication of your personality, how you might be as person to work with - >perhaps >some intangible aspect that would "tweak" with a particular employer and be >a >deciding factor in getting hired, especially when you are competing with >others >who have similar skills and experience... This needs to be tailored for >different situations and requires more than a little imagination without >being >too, um, "off the wall"... For example, on my "office" resume, I have >"maturity, compassion, humour". On my "showbiz" resumes (which vary for >concert >and different stage work): "supportive, humorous, earthy, eclectic". Of >course, >these kinds of "marketing slogans" will all vary widely between individual >people >and situations. As with every other aspect of resume/cover letter >writing/life, >it is important to carefully consider and continually review the particular >appropriateness of all your choices... It occurs to me, this "slogan" >could >apply to a cover letter as a "p.s.", or maybe even as part of the >letterhead, or >perhaps in the signature - something original or maybe "borrowed", as I >often see >in signatures/postscripts in forums like this...? > > > I like to print several copies of my letters--for some reason, my first > > signature never seems to look right! > >Hmm, this really intrigues me. I have long been wondering about >hand-written >signatures, the whole "art and science" of them... Rhetorical question - >How do >individuals acquire, adapt and evolve signatures? I would be curious to >hear >from others on this... I have never been a great hand writer. My current >"usual" signature has kind of evolved from fifteen summers of doing >vaudeville, >where after the shows, we autograph programs for our audiences, almost >always for >large crowds of folks (that's a good thing in the "bigger picture"...:o)), >with >very little time to spend with each individual and only our laps for a >"supporting surface". Besides my inept natural handwriting, it doesn't >help that >my name is physically kind of angular, awkward to pronounce and hear in >"real >space", which could be part of a whole other "marketing thread" - "when/how >to >adapt stage names" and such... Sometimes, I think my life would be simpler >if I >had a name like "ooo eee" or something - much easier to write and >pronounce...:o) Anyway, my current signature is pretty much a scrawl >(there's a >certain oxymoron...) - My technique, such as it is, is to just kind of >"think my >name" and let my hand sort of follow some approximate physical contour... >I >notice that many folks, particularly celebrities, corporate executives and >such >often have scrawls for signatures, though often very distinctive ones, >which is >part of their "marketability"...? But then, most of these folks probably >don't >have to worry about their signature, or for that matter, applying for >jobs... >For recent job applications, I have been doing a more legible kind of >"semi-printed" signature... > >"Graphologically" yours, > >Michael > >Michael Eckford/"Awkward" <michaelb@y...>, or Michel Coinbourg, or >Michael Eckford/"Awkward" <michaelb@y...>, or Michel Coinbourg, or >Michele >Angoloponte (French and Italian "equivalents" of my name I once sort of >made >up...) >"What's that? Eckworth? Eckhart? Eggnog?" >Then there's my name for my "shadow" self... >Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada >http://www.angelfire.com/me/interdependence/ > >What's in a name... >
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