How To Get The Job You Really
Really Want - Applying For Jobs
When you actually go to an interview, probably the
most important thing is first impressions. I will cover why those
impressions are so important, and also how quickly they are
formed in Chapter 7 However, those same first impressions are
equally important when you first apply for a job in writing.
Remember - First impressions are vitally important.
Imagine
receiving a scruffy bit of paper that has coffee spilt all over it.
Ask yourself, if that was a job application arriving on your desk,
what would you do with it? Yep, straight in file 13 (that's the bin
for the uninitiated!). So, in this section, I am going to give you
some tips on how to make sure any written applications you make
get you noticed. That's the key, getting noticed so that
you will be called for interview. If you don't get noticed, you
won't get read, and if you don't get read, you ain't gonna get an
interview, and if you don't get interviewed, you guessed it, YOU
WILL NOT GET THE JOB! As you can see there are a number of
stages that you can easily be rejected at,
and the application has only just landed on the prospective
employers desk or in their “in-box”!
So, it is absolutely critical that your presentation
is right, and that the right things are highlighted. Let's face it,
until you are face to face with a prospective employer, he will not
be able to properly assess what skills and attributes you have, so
at this stage you have to give yourself the best possible chance of
getting in front of the interviewer. Agreed? Good.
Obviously, there can be any number of
reasons as to why you are applying for a new job. It therefore
follows that, depending on your circumstances, your approach will
differ considerably. To give an example, your letter/email of
application will be different in tone if you have just been made
redundant rather than if you are currently in a stable job and
simply seeking a career move. Whilst the approach does
(unavoidably) have to be different, it is important to highlight the
relevant and key points. The information should also be consistent,
and you certainly cannot afford to allow your emotions to interfere
with your creativity at this stage.
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