Orlando Sentinel general assignment reporter

[Sunshine Scooter]

Anyone have any thoughts on what pay for this gig might be?

 

[Write-brained]

Anyone have any thoughts on what pay for this gig might be?

How much you got?

 

[Sunshine Scooter]

I'm thinking in the 40K range. Am I way off?

 

[steveu]

I'd think a little more than that considering it's Trib and a major market, but I could be off too.

 

[Clever username]

What I love most about this job ad is, it doesn't ask for a stupid cover letter. hate those damn things.

Isn't it a given that a cover letter should be included? I'm with you though, if I don't need to do it I'm not going to waste my time.

You can't prove a negative. Just because it doesn't say you need a cover letter, that doesn't mean you don't need one.

 

[Fran Curci]

Get serious. You always need a cover letter unless you're applying to, say, Starbucks.

 

[Riddick]

No you don't. I know several guys who rarely, if ever, send a cover letter. Yet, they've become quit successful, working at major metros.

 

[Clever username]

No you don't. I know several guys who rarely, if ever, send a cover letter. Yet, they've become quit successful, working at major metros.

I want to believe you. I want to believe that's true. My god, why can't that always be true? forkin' cover letters.

 

[buckweaver]

Get serious. You always need a cover letter unless you're applying to, say, Starbucks.

I don't think I've ever written a cover letter except to apply for two (big-time) internships in college. Neither of which I got.

Granted, they were shirtty cover letters. And I had shirtty credentials.

Got my first job without a cover.
Got my current job without a cover.

 

[Riddick]

Think of it this way. I know many, many people, including myself, who never write cover letters.
A bad cover letter can kill your chances at getting a job.
Zero cover letter has no effect at all and let's your work and resume speak for you.
I prefer my odds without the cover letter and I have no complaints so far.

 

[Clever username]

I am thinking, though, that if Hoppes really were to get 300 applicants, he wouldn't want to read all those cover letters. Don't know the man, so maybe he would, but I certainly wouldn't blame him if he didn't.

 

[Clever username]

Think of it this way. I know many, many people, including myself, who never write cover letters.
A bad cover letter can kill your chances at getting a job.
Zero cover letter has no effect at all and let's your work and resume speak for you.
I prefer my odds without the cover letter and I have no complaints so far.

I'm sold. Eat my shorts, cover letters.