Fuck this, now I'm going to ask about cover letter shit

[Ecrofirt]

After much hair pulling, I figured that shit out. Might as well make the thread productive.

I'm doing a cover letter for a job I'm applying for. It's basically the full-time version of what I do now, and it's in the same department and everything, and I'd report to the same boss and whatnot.

Anyhow, I'm running into a question or two. The Human Resources department wants a cover letter and resume, and they want them sent to (changed to avoid weirdness some weirdo might cause me):
LOL College
Human Resources Department
133 LOL Street
ROFL, MAO  31337

But the job description itself has the following:
DEPARTMENT:      User Services
REPORTS TO:      Managing Director of User Services

Now, do I address the cover letter to so random HR jockstrap, or to my boss in the User Services department?

[FlameOfCallandor]

Who is hiring you? Address it to the person who is hiring, which is probably HR.

[Ecrofirt]

Thanks

[MrAngryFace]

If you already work there, I would address it to whomever makes the actual hiring decision, not HR. I mean why would your internal application be part of HR garbage collecting? Cant you just hand it to your boss?

[MrAngryFace]

sounds like COMMUNISM!

[Ecrofirt]

man, this cover letter thing sucks. I never thought 3 paragraphs could be so fukkin hard.

[Ecrofirt]

Seriously, fuck this shit. It's for the birds.

[Ecrofirt]

Here's what I got. Laff it up:

James O’Meara
personal info lulz

August 8, 2007

Human Resources Department
job place, roofles

To Whom It May Concern:

Please consider me for the General Support Specialist position that is open in the User Services department.

As you will see in my enclosed resume, I have broad knowledge of computer hardware and software systems.  I have a year of experience working as a *** College Student Support Services Specialist, during which time I have further honed both my computer skills and my verbal communications skills with end-users. This experience has taught me how to focus my energy in order to effectively handle multiple concurrent projects on a daily basis.

I take pride in my ability to both work well and communicate well with others, and as your employee I will use these skills to bring a superb quality of service to everyone I work with.

I would appreciate the opportunity to work with *** College. Please feel free to call me at ***-***-**** to arrange an interview at your convenience. Thank you for both your time and your consideration.

Sincerely,


James O'Meara
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That second to last 'paragraph' needs at least another sentence, but I've wasted a good half hour just to get that far.

[Madrun Badrun]

Having never written one or read on before I have no idea what I'm talking about but it sounds good.  I liked the second paragraph. 

this sounds weird though

"...during which time I have further honed both my computer skills and my verbal communications skills with end-users."

the wordings seems to technical when your talking about communicating with people who probably don't know anything about IT. 

[Ecrofirt]

Having never written one or read on before I have no idea what I'm talking about but it sounds good.  I liked the second paragraph. 

this sounds weird though

"...during which time I have further honed both my computer skills and my verbal communications skills with end-users."

the wordings seems to technical when your talking about communicating with people who probably don't know anything about IT. 

But they're called end users. Would you prefer I call them dummy doofuses? I mean, really that's what they are 99% of the time, but I don't go around calling them that.

[Madrun Badrun]

will HR know that though? 

[Ecrofirt]

will HR know that though? 

Who cares? They're just going to give it to my boss. I was there on a helpdesk call this year, and they didn't know what javascript was. They're dummy doofuses.