Stop spamming me with cut’n’paste requests for work

Hello!

I am Brazilian and I’m living in London with my wife who is Brazilian but she also has a German passport.

I’m a video guy, I have 5 years of experince in video edition, motion graphic design and video productions.

You can see my portfolio on my website.

I’m lookin for a job or freelance gigs.

Thank you!

Best Regards

I sent my equally cut’n’paste standard reply, thanks but we have no vacancies at present. I didn’t even look at his CV. If he isn’t going to spend any time engaging with me or showing me how his experience and work is directly relevant to the work we do here, I’m not going to spend my time doing it for him. Oh, and the wife with the German passport? If you’re trying to say you can work here legally, just say it directly and clearly, rather than explaining your family history.

In my experience,this kind of scattergun approach rarely works. Your average producer/production manager knows enough good people who are out of work to fill these roles. If you want to really cut through to them, you’ve got to show you have something special that is directly relevant to their work.

So if the person who wrote this email reads this, I’m trying to give you some positive advice. Don’t spend an hour emailing 50 people, spend 3 hours emailing 5 people with an absolutely bespoke covering letter. Your success rate will be far higher.

More on covering letters here.