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First Problem: Your initial contact, as shown to us in your post, is a run-on sentence.  It shows you have no concept of grammar, punctuation, or the English language.  As an office support person, your job is to make those to whom you report look better than they otherwise might, if left to their own devices.  Your note does nothing to promote you as someone who would automatically correct the language usage of senior members of the office staff.  This is a major strike against anyone applying for an office support position.

Second Problem: You automatically presume they've not hired anyone, as opposed to presuming they may have grown and are in need of an additional staff member?  This shows you to be short-sighted, at best, and pessimistic.  It would have been better to approach the situation as a positive: I notice you are running this advertisement for the second time in three (3) months.  I hope that means your business is growing and you are in need of additional staff members to fulfill your needs.  As before, your advertisement caught my attention, and I would like to be considered for this newest opening.

Third Problem: Your language indicates you find the person with whom you are communicating to be beneath you in intelligence and/or rank.

For example: "it seems quite apparent" ~ To whom?  I've already indicated an alternate interpretation of why the ad could be running a second time ~ the need for expansion.

For example: "I suggest you reconsider" ~ And who, exactly, are you to suggest anything to this particular company or individual?  Aren't you unemployed and going to them for a job?  Wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to "ask" rather than "suggest"?

For example: "if not hire me outright" ~ You're so good at what you do, we can bypass all the interviews, pre-hire investigations, pre-qualification testing, etc., and just hire you because you're the perfect fit?  Are you willing to guarantee that?  How do you propose to guarantee this, and in what manner will you compensate us when you fail?

For example: "I suspect I'm the only one contacting you in this manner." ~ Well, you might be right on one account, in that you may be the only person being this arrogant.  However, do you sincerely believe, in this job market, you are the only person applying for this job?  Are you that out of touch with reality?  For any office support position, employers today can expect anywhere from 50 to well over 200 applications, depending on the size of the local job market.

As to your second communication with these people, as you have shown us in your post, simply having software available for use on a computer means nothing in regards to an individual's proficiency.  So you have seen the software and are familiar with it.  Can you pass a proficiency test?  Can you export data from Microsoft Outlook into an Excel spreadsheet, create a mail-merge document in Microsoft Word, take the spreadsheet from Microsoft Excel and import it into Word, and then combine the mail-merge document and the spreadsheet to make mailing labels or merge letters?

There is far more to proficiency than knowing what the software packages are, and you can't even spell them properly ~ Excel has only one "L", my friend.  Even if you hadn't been rude in your second e-mail communication, you showed how little you know about the software by not knowing how to spell the name of the program.

As to incompetence, it appears you have cornered the market on that issue.  You did everything in your power to be condescending to these people; you questioned their judgment, showed derision for their business experience and growth, and spoke as though you are light-years beyond the position for which you are applying.  One can only surmise, by your actions, that you enjoy unemployment a great deal.

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