Application Forms Selling Yourself
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* Step by Step - Follow this easy
Whereas the resume or guide.
curriculum vitae is quite
rightly your own personal 1) If possible make 2 or 3
advertisement. photocopies of the Application
Forms.
The application for tries to take
away your ability to tell the 2) Read the questions on the
employer what you would like them Application Forms carefully, most
to know and replace it with what of the questions will be straight
they want know about you. forward, but some of them may be
badly worded.
To be fair, the employer may just
want to have a level playing 3) Using a pencil and one of the
field, unfortunately very few of copies, complete the standard
them know much about the layout bits of the Application Forms,
of Application Forms and the name, address, date of birth etc.
effect that a bad form can have
on the applicant.
4) Whenever you are required to
With that in mind many people provide employers or previous
will make mistakes on Application details, dates of employment and
Forms or will not provide the job titles, use your resume as a
information that has been guide so you don't forget
requested. anything.
So, lets take this in a 5) In any area of the form that
methodical way and reduce the allows you to provide extra
chances of making a mistake. information about yourself or
your previous employment, use the
short punchy statements from your corrections.
resume. If the Application Forms
has plenty space for that sort of 10) If you need to, use the other
information (most don't) then use photocopies until you have a
bullet points and space the perfectly completed Application
statements. Forms.
6) Complete the rest of the 11) Now carefully transfer that
Application Forms. information using a Black ink
Biro to the original Application
7) Make yourself a coffee. Forms.
8) After you have finished your Although these 11 steps are
drink, go through the completed incredibly time consuming, when
form carefully. Identify any done correctly, they make a big
mistakes that you have made. difference to the look of the
completed original.
(i) Check spelling.
(ii) Check that non of the boxes Once you have completed the
look crowded. Application Forms make a
(iii) Get a friend to read photocopy and ensure that you
through the Application Forms. have a high quality covering
letter to accompany it and you
9) If you make any mistakes, are done.
erase the mistake and add the
About the Author:
Leaving the Royal Air Force, Steve worked for a Charity helping the unemployed to find work. Within a few months the two programs he ran were top of the counties league table. Head hunted, Steve lead 7 similar programs, within 6 months they were all in the top 10 - including the number one spot. http://www.911resume.com
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