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burntcopper) wrote2008-07-01 11:17 pm
burntcopper) wrote2008-07-01 11:17 pm
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application forms. yay
appear to be cursed. 90% of all arts institutes want your application done on an application form, no CVs accepted.
Which means at least 30-45 mins of tedious cut and pasting or re-wording (that's if I'm lucky and it's a doc file - I'm avoiding the pdf ones for the mo). And that's just the stuff that's nicely formatted and laid out on your cv already. Which is *before* you even get to the bloody statement. I missed the application deadline (noon today) for a bfi one yesterday because I discovered it at 11pm last night when I was already knackered and couldn't take the amount of concentration of making sure I had everything in the right boxes - and that I hadn't missed a relevant box. Writing the covering letter I could've done. The little boxes would've done me in.
I've yet to see the benefit of spending bloody ages filling out a 5-page minimum application form as opposed to one cv and a covering letter with any extra relevant info they ask for.
Which means at least 30-45 mins of tedious cut and pasting or re-wording (that's if I'm lucky and it's a doc file - I'm avoiding the pdf ones for the mo). And that's just the stuff that's nicely formatted and laid out on your cv already. Which is *before* you even get to the bloody statement. I missed the application deadline (noon today) for a bfi one yesterday because I discovered it at 11pm last night when I was already knackered and couldn't take the amount of concentration of making sure I had everything in the right boxes - and that I hadn't missed a relevant box. Writing the covering letter I could've done. The little boxes would've done me in.
I've yet to see the benefit of spending bloody ages filling out a 5-page minimum application form as opposed to one cv and a covering letter with any extra relevant info they ask for.