To write or not write a cover letter for job positions applied?
– Applying a job without a cover letter is like showing up in a house for a date, without asking first.
– Yet with a cover letter, it can also be the quickest way out of the consideration if there is flaw easily noticed.
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To reveal or not reveal age?
– At 50, it may still be possible to be disguised as a 40ish.
– At 60+, it takes magic to be disguised as a 40ish. Why bother?
In Chinese sayings, 三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲不逾矩 roughly translated to “thirty and independent; forty and not be tempted; fifty and know the fate; sixty and accept differences; seventy and everything is as wish”
It is not the physical age that matters; it is the age of the mind and body that matter.
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Tell me about your weakness?
– Share one as a sandwich: Strength at the top and the bottom; weakness in the middle.
– Share one irrelevant to the position.
– Share one and show how it has been overcome.
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Tell me about yourself?
– A nice recital of the summary on your resume. What stranger would care about your life story?
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