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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Girl = Company?

post #263

Dear Miss X,

I am interested in applying for your boyfriend position. I am pretty certain that I have met the whole qualifications for your requirements. I could assure you that I am the right person that you are looking for.

I believe that I would be able to contribute and dedicate my personal and interpersonal skill to your reputable company as I am a hard worker, fast learner, enthusiastic in learning new things, accurate, exciting, highly motivated and committed person, adaptable to accomplish the company's goal, and able to work under pressure. I also enjoy working in a team environment and give valuable contribution to the group. I deeply believe that I am particularly well qualified for the position and would like to have the opportunity to meet you to explore the possibility how I can be valuable to your company.

In order to complete your consideration to my application, here I enclosed my curriculum vitae, recent photograph, award certificate, certificate for undergraduate program, and academic transcript.

I am looking forward to hear from you and I will be happy to provide any further information you may need. Thank you for considering my request.




Yours sincerely,




Boyfriend applicant




If girl were a company, the above cover letter would be seen a lot. Both had their similarities I suppose. Both demanded the most suitable candidate to fill the position they opened. They set high qualification which candidates needed to fulfill. They both had probation period. They also applied reward and punishment system. If a boyfriend constantly chose to spend time with his buddies, a warning letter might be issued. Or probably not in form of a letter, but in a behavior, verbal/non verbal warning. The boyfriend should only spend time with his buddies using his annual leave quota, which was 12 days a year. Like any other company, if a boyfriend was caught breaking the ground rules (like cheating perhaps), then the employment (aka boyfriend status) could be terminated effective immediately (might involved other dramatic things than just a sentence: “You’re fired.”). And as company, (a good) boyfriend was considered a valuable asset, therefore he had to be protected from tempting offer from other companies (read: girls). An interesting benefit package was in place to keep the boyfriend loyal and committed to the company (read: girlfriend). The performance of the boyfriend was also continuously reviewed, promotion given when the time was right (according to the girl), till the boyfriend reached the CEO (or was it husband?) position. Well, that’s about all I guess, the highest position a boyfriend could reach.

From the boyfriend point of view; we (guys, boyfriend applicant) would apply to as many (potential, big , and famous) companies as we could. If we’re called for an interview, we’d compare the salary, the benefit package that each company had to offer. We'd consider the potential of the company in long term before deciding which company we should be applying for. We would strive to do our job well and expect a periodic review, reward and of course salary + benefit increase. We might got other offers from other companies, which might be bigger than the company we’re currently working for. But it didn’t necessarily mean that we’d jump to another company just because the interesting offer. Me personally (this applies for the real work/company as well), the benefit offered wasn’t the only factor to decide. Working environment, colleagues, type of work, company’s characteristics, how long had I been working for the company, what the company had given me also became weighing factor in making a decision. It’d take time to adapt to the new company policy, environment, characteristics, etc. If I was already comfy with the one I work for, it’d take a lot for me to move. Well, there were some guys who liked to jump from one company to another. But I think that kind of guys would take some time to really settle in a company and build a promising career.

Ermm…I guess the difference was when we’re working for a company (being a boyfriend), it’s not common to apply to another company while we’re still working at the current company. We had to terminate our employment first, being jobless (read: single), then apply for a new job. And we wouldn't get severance pay if the company decided to end our employment though we didn't break any rules.....

What do you think? Did it make sense? This was a result of waiting for finalized design of authorization roles...My mind got creative...lolzzz..

2 Comments:

prince of darkness break for free said...

interesting~~very funny~
however, boyfriends are like companies too~

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