Brrr! It's a Cold Call Letter!

As much as I love to talk, one thing I hate doing... calling people... especially when they aren't expecting my call.  Sure, I can talk to my friends, family, and Shaun for a while... but even then about 30 minutes is my limit and I can only handle one call like that a day.  One of the things Nancy told me to do was to call people in the field I want to be in and ask them for advice... I'll be honest... there was NO WAY I was going to do that.  I mean seriously imagine if someone called you and said "hey, I am unemployed and I want to do your job, have any advice?"  I would hang up the phone.  And maybe that makes me a mean person... but I know I'm not the only one.  So where does that leave you?

For me, I love to write (obviously), so I am great at emails, great at mail mail.... so that's what I went to.  I told you earlier how I sent out letters and heard back from one.  So what was the letter all about?  I wrote to organizations and associations based in Seattle (luckily it's the biggest city in Washington so there are a lot), I wrote to the CEO or President telling them that I was looking for a position in Communications, a bit about my history, and how I would welcome the chance to talk to them about any openings.  The thought is that either they will fall in love with you, or maybe they pass it on to another opening, or they hold on to it. 

It's a weird concept to me... to send unsolicited mail... I mean I know what I do with mail I don't want.... right into the trash.  And I suspect a few of my letters have gone there... but heck, so far I've heard back from 2 of them.  The one wrote back and said how I was impressive, but they didn't have an opening; the other wrote me about a different position (which I still haven't heard back about).  So I guess it works... so much so that I decided to send another 10 out tomorrow to another group of organizations.  I did find this awesome website that lists all the organizations by type of organization... for your state just search "secretary of state" and their library link should be able to help.  Here's hoping my written word will get me a job writing!!!!