Swiggers wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:what the hell is with jobs wanting three letters of recommendation with the initial application. you really think I'm going to bother three people to write a letter for a longshot at your job? #$!&@ YOU

It's probably so they can weed out people who are not really, really serious about it.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:

Swiggers wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:what the hell is with jobs wanting three letters of recommendation with the initial application. you really think I'm going to bother three people to write a letter for a longshot at your job? #$!&@ YOU

It's probably so they can weed out people who are not really, really serious about it.

yeah, I sort of hear that, but any library job is going to get hundreds, toward a thousand, applications no matter what. say you whittle that down to a hundred, that is still just a ton, hours and hours, of working people's time wasted

TenuredVulture wrote: Well, presumably, people aren't writing a different letter for each job you apply for. Ideally, you get your letters when you're about to graduate and go on the market for the first time, and the college you attended keep those letters in a file, and they send it out when you request them to do so.

Swiggers wrote:So, uh, what is Charles in charge of?

Swiggers wrote:I have no idea what "Harlem Shake" is.

Slowhand wrote:Me neither. I mean, I'm sure I could probably google it, but I'd rather just feel superior.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:yeah, most jobs (in my field) do that and it makes total sense for everyone

Napalm wrote:not interested.

<--superior

TenuredVulture wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:yeah, most jobs (in my field) do that and it makes total sense for everyone

You're in a weird quasi academic field though, where letters of reference are common.