The link is over there in the sidebar.
I put it up here because I'm applying for jobs.
As someone interested in persuasion and argument, the job search process is fascinating.
In the professional writing class I teach, we do a few sessions on the job search, and I tell students to hold this attitude in their minds:
Remember, the person who gives you a job is not doing you a favor. If they hire you, it is because they expect you to make their operation run better or do more. No one hires an employee as an act of charity.
This is supposed to remind students that the power dynamics in a job search are not as lopsided as we often feel.
That's really easy advice to give in the classroom, but it is a lot of work to maintain that attitude.
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