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Advocating For Myself
I’m writing to express my thoughts and feelings about the interview that we had a few weeks ago.
I’d like to clear up a possible misunderstanding that I might have: Frankly speaking, I had the impression that there was no interest in my application.
Looking back, I don’t feel that I said enough to advocate for myself. I felt that I failed to make a positive impression on you as I described my work background.
I take this opportunity to say that I’m a strong candidate. I currently have a steady client base consisting of mostly adult learners who are working on improving how they communicate in the IT, Supply chain management and HR sectors. Over the years, I’ve grown my knowledge of these industries as well as teaching students how to generally converse with others in the workplace and how to better present themselves in meetings and presentations.
I understand that I come off as a serious person. I hope to enable you to understand that, as an Asian-American female, I’ve grown up an avid reader and someone who has taken education seriously as I’ve always been judged as ‘weak’ and even ‘unintelligent’ and ‘naive’. We’ve heard of the term ‘Angry Black Woman’ and I’ve acknowledged for a while now that I’m an ‘Angry Yellow Woman’. These are not terms that I support using, but I use the latter term for myself as I have always felt that…
