{"id":4131,"date":"2012-06-15T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T02:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:30:50","slug":"splendidly-smug-cover-letter-that-may-not-bode-well-for-your-job-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/splendidly-smug-cover-letter-that-may-not-bode-well-for-your-job-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Splendidly Smug Cover Letter That May Not Bode Well for Your Job Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This totally outlandish cover letter is actually quite inspiring. On face value, it actually checks all the boxes: grabs attention (check), focuses on why the candidate is different (double check) and avoids clich\u00e9 phrases that have no real substance (mega-check). However, it&#8217;s safe to say that this type of letter isn\u2019t going to get you a job\u2026 unless you want to work for Vappingo; seriously, this guy sounds like exactly what we\u2019ve been looking for.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to avoid your cover letter becoming a mockery of a sham, take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/the-simple-cover-letter-formula-that-will-land-you-an-interview-every-time\/\">formula\u00a0for writing a cover letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Office-Manager-Chelsea3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4135 aligncenter\" style=\"border: thick solid #8f8f8f;\" title=\"Office Manager Chelsea\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Office-Manager-Chelsea3.jpg\" alt=\"Office Manager Chelsea cover letter\" width=\"600\" height=\"810\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Via\u00a0Useless Humor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Need help with your cover letter? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/Editing-Services\/Cover-Letter-Editing\">cover letter editing services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Looking for more examples of cover letters that are so bad they are brilliant? Take a look at these 11 hilariously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/funny-cover-letters\/\">funny cover letters<\/a> that people actually sent!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This totally outlandish cover letter is actually quite inspiring. On face value, it actually checks all the boxes: grabs attention (check), focuses on why the candidate is different (double check) and avoids clich\u00e9 phrases that have no real substance (mega-check). However, it&#8217;s safe to say that this type of letter isn\u2019t going to get you &#8230; <a title=\"Splendidly Smug Cover Letter That May Not Bode Well for Your Job Prospects\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/splendidly-smug-cover-letter-that-may-not-bode-well-for-your-job-prospects\/\" aria-label=\"More on Splendidly Smug Cover Letter That May Not Bode Well for Your Job Prospects\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun-and-fails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10026,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions\/10026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}