October 29, 2013

Christina Bolich Brown

Dear Whole Foods Recruiting Tea,
Whole Foods !ar"et wants to hire #eo#le who ha$e interests and $alues that align with their
cor#orate #hiloso#h%& 'ou should ha$e a #assion (or organic and natural (oods, and (eel that
wor"ing there would ha$e a #ositi$e i#act on %our counit%& 'ou should also "ee# in ind that
the co#an% #laces a huge $alue on custoer ser$ice, so %ou should alwa%s do %our best to
e#hasi)e the s"ills and e*#erience that %ou ha$e in that area&
+ heard %ou were loo"ing (or an enthusiastic, sel(,directed, creati$e, oti$ated tea #la%er
(ocused, results,oriented, strong wor" ethic, #roble,sol$ing s"ills, #ositi$e attitude, belie$e that
ha$ing (un is contagious and as a custoer + "now it rela*es e, a"es e want to linger longer,
not a(raid to as" -uestions, don.t (eel rushed or intiidated& + want to wor" in a culture that (osters
that attracti$eness and genuine enthusias in e$er% #erson.s sho##ing e*#erience&
Whole Foods !ar"et attracts #eo#le who are #assionate/about great (ood, about the
counities the% li$e in, about how we treat our #lanet and our (ellow huans/and who want to
bring their #assion into the wor"#lace and a"e a di((erence&
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0nd + iagine %ou are reall% tired o( reading boring co$er letters&
+.$e heard what %ou are loo"ing (or,
so, here.s how +.$e #re#ared (or this oent with %ou1
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+. ca#able o( an%thing& Watch e do it better than %ou e*#ected&
4i$e e a list o( things that need to be done in an hour&
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'ou need soeone with a (le*ible schedule1
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0dditional note1 +. also a true night owl&
+( %ou (igured it out, +.d rather wor" than slee#,in&
+.ll sta% as long as needed until the tea sa%s we co#leted e$er% goal (or the da%& Creati$e
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7 Big !ountain Reasons + Belong
With Whole Foods Tea1
1& + whole,heartedl% ebrace the Whole Foods !ission and Core 8alues, and will + a##l% % set
o( uni-ue talents and s"ills to
bring those tenets to li(e in % indi$idual #artici#ation in the growth o( the Co#an%&
2& Food, nutrition, where it coes (ro , our res#onsibilit% and accountabilit% to our counties
and natural resources is % #assion, ore than a 2ob, it is a wa% o( li(e, and soething + (eel
called to share through acti$e re#resentation, education, and #artici#ation in % wor" and in
choosing where + wor", that the co#an% + want to de$ote % #assions, energies, and
coittent to ebraces and ebodies the $er% $alues and goals that + #ossess&
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:o, + ho#e we get to eet and and e*#lore the o##ortunit% o( e becoing a new and coitted
eber o( %our Whole Food (ail%& + "now +.ll (all in lo$e with the co#an% and hel# the tea.s
d%naic rise to the oon&
Tal" about the energ% and sincerit% o( the the e#lo%ees and how it is a##arent how the% en2o%
the% wor"ing at W;ole Foods& +t.s contagious& The% are ha$ing F<5&