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The shop needs a new assistant at the moment. When the post first appeared on a university career website, we received 15+ e-mails. I must say there are some extraordinary people out there: ones who can't spell, begin the cover letter with 'hi there' or write a self-important paragraph of how wonderful he/she is, etc. My favourite is a woman who put '2987' down as her birth year--perhaps she's a time traveller. You can laugh at these job hunters, but I believe my CV must have been a joke to various HR bods. My boss says all we want is someone who is friendly, relaxed, responsible, shows a good sense of humor and a genuine interest in books. May I add good-looking and sporty if the future assistant were a bloke? Anyways, the staff I have came to known at this bookshop are all people I'm very fond of. I hope the new one will be no exception.