Poetry Forum

On my CV, under
"Additional information"
I dared to say,
"In my spare time,
I also write poetry".
I was told,
"This is like admitting you're a train spotter!
One look at that, they'll think you're a geek
and it'll go straight in the bin!
People have 'preconceived ideas' of 'poets'!
It doesn't look good, take it out!"
Never mind the qualifications;
the training, the years of experience then.

One day, I'll apply for a job as a poet
and on my CV it will say,
"In my spare time,
I like train spotting"

© Justine Tennant 2006

Good to see you again.

This was a pleasant reminder to me, as a salesman by day, that we really are the black sheep of society.

C'est la vie, say the old folks. It goes to show you never can tell.


Cheers,

Keith

Hah hah! Cute and cool, but I think this would be a better ending:

One day, I'll apply for a job as a poet
and on my CV it will say,
"In my spare time,
I also write poetry."

***

A couple of business points to note re your cv:

1. You need a full stop before the ending-quotation marks in lines 5 and 17. Employers will spot the incorrect punctuation, no job for you.

2. Best not to tell them your hobbies. 9 times out of 10, an employer wants to know about your employability, not how you spend your evenings.

CC

Virago wrote:On my CV, under
"Additional information"
I dared to say,
"In my spare time,
I also write poetry".
I was told,
"This is like admitting you're a train spotter!
One look at that, they'll think you're a geek
and it'll go straight in the bin!
People have 'preconceived ideas' of 'poets'!
It doesn't look good, take it out!"
Never mind the qualifications;
the training, the years of experience then.

One day, I'll apply for a job as a poet
and on my CV it will say,
"In my spare time,
I like train spotting"

© Justine Tennant 2006

Fine as a little ditty, and I agree totally.

People's views on poetry are so outdated.

Absolon's Sword wrote:Good to see you again.

This was a pleasant reminder to me, as a salesman by day, that we really are the black sheep of society.

C'est la vie, say the old folks. It goes to show you never can tell.


Cheers,

Keith

cheers keith- as I said to someone on another board, I now ring a bell wherever I go and shout "unclean"!

ccvulture wrote:Hah hah! Cute and cool, but I think this would be a better ending:

One day, I'll apply for a job as a poet
and on my CV it will say,
"In my spare time,
I also write poetry."

***

A couple of business points to note re your cv:

1. You need a full stop before the ending-quotation marks in lines 5 and 17. Employers will spot the incorrect punctuation, no job for you.

2. Best not to tell them your hobbies. 9 times out of 10, an employer wants to know about your employability, not how you spend your evenings.

CC

Virago wrote:On my CV, under
"Additional information"
I dared to say,
"In my spare time,
I also write poetry".
I was told,
"This is like admitting you're a train spotter!
One look at that, they'll think you're a geek
and it'll go straight in the bin!
People have 'preconceived ideas' of 'poets'!
It doesn't look good, take it out!"
Never mind the qualifications;
the training, the years of experience then.

One day, I'll apply for a job as a poet
and on my CV it will say,
"In my spare time,
I like train spotting"

© Justine Tennant 2006

thanks, I have changed it as I totally agree with you.

Who said I write in the evenings?

camus wrote:Fine as a little ditty, and I agree totally.

People's views on poetry are so outdated.

"fine as a little ditty" talk about being damned with faint praise!

Cheers Camus

xxxx

Call it a backgammon compliment, lol.

you're so hamfisted

this could go on all night! LOL

camus, your web site looks very slick but it did make feel a tiny bit motion sick! Very professional looking though, when's the poetry gonna be on there?

Tis on there. The audio link at the top, is it not working? I'd be interested to know.

cheers
Kris

yep, it works, good stuff indeed- i was clicking on the links. Must have been that moving bar making me go dizzy

yeh it was only for show really, very limiting.

I think I'll design another HTML version.

thanks
Kris