Interview Rejection There are three types of interviews that I know of: There is the ‘Successful Interview”: Congratulations; You got your job! There is the “This Ain’t It Interview”: This is the one you attend, and you kind of know that this isn’t for you. The pleasantries are made, the questions answered. The spark just […]
Here’s a little bit of guidance on you job application supporting statement from the Guardian What goes in this bit? Yourself. What’s it’s purpose? It’s purpose is to entrap the reader into continuing. Your statement needs to be short and punchy and clear and eye catching Like any opening paragraph of an essay, it is often […]
I learned something yesterday that might help raise the impact of of your job application letter. I had a surprise: I was ‘confessing’ a couple of new business propositions to a colleague of old. I did have to laugh at our unexpected responses. I was telling her in secret because, whilst I’m all for accountability, I’m also […]
If, when writing your job application cover letter, you find yourself saying something akin to the following phrases, then I have some guidance for you. “Good god! Not only have I filled in their online 8 page application form (& probably wasn’t the first!) but now they want me to send a cover letter too! […]
Here’s a good job application sample. In your Job application, please remember to say what you can do and not what you can’t. It might sound daft but really, the British can be shockingly bad at self-promotion, and, what is a job application, if not self-promotion? Claim and rename those skills: Own them, for they […]
Before filling in any job application I believe that you need to know why you are applying in the first place. If you are not wholly congruent, then, at some level the recipient will ‘get’ that! It always amazes me that whatever platform we use to communicate, our true selves are reflected there. “Always be […]