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Best advice you’ve had when applying for jobs?

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    Sunnii-Elle
    Participant

    As more offices are opening up and kickstarting their recruitment drives, what is some of the best advice you’ve heard or given to people when applying for jobs?

    A firm favourite was to always reveal something unique about yourself – a personality trait, experience or something unusual to you to stand out!

     

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    Jasmine Birtles
    Keymaster

    Make your covering letter and CV very applicable to the job itself. Don’t just have a general one that you send to everyone the same.

    As someone who receives CVs a lot I notice the difference when people have updated it specifically for the job they are applying for.

    Also, though, don’t keep talking about yourself and what you want…this is my piece of advice. I never like covering letters that tell me how good this job would be for them. I want to hear what they can do for me!

    #177700
    Marc Crosby
    Keymaster

    I agree with Jasmine and just to follow that up – try to expand on the details that will be relevant to the job. Experience in a similar job role or a passion for the specific industry is way more helpful to read than what you got for GCSE Geography, haha!

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    Isobel Lawrance
    Moderator

    Someone told me to consider the happiness of people who already work somewhere. Indeed and Glassdoor allow previous and current employees to review working for the company. This can be a really good indicator of work atmosphere, management etc.

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