Advice on Writing Covering Letters & Job Application Forms

I'm writing this op from the perspective of at times having been both a prospective employee and as someone taking part in recruitment. How you complete your application form is an essential element of applying for a job. No matter how brilliant or capable you are, you will never be given your chance to shine in an interview if you don't catch the attention of your potential new employer from the outset. Back when I was last jobhunting, it was particularly worrying to know that whichever job I was applying for there would probably be loads of other applicants, and probably several with more or better experience than me. How on earth would I ...  Read the complete review

When applying for jobs, there are normally two documents you will need (unless you also have to complete one of those dreadful application forms). The first is a CV (or curriculum vitae) and the other is a covering letter. The CV is obviously extremely important as it is your main sales aid, but the covering letter can be a powerful adjunct to the whole application if put together well. In general, I usually keep my CV as fairly standard, although I will usually just check it out against the specifics of the job to see if there is anything I want to modify or add greater emphasis to. I rarely make a change to the actual CV and use the covering letter ...  Read the complete review

Whether you are writing a cover letter for a job interview of applying for university or what ever the situation is, it’s important you make a good job of it. Sometimes, it’s the only think employers or university to have of you. They may have your CV but a cover letter is different, because you express in your own words what ever they want you to. It may be something simple or they may want you to explain abit about yourself, but normally it’s just a brief couple of lines. Well, it has been for me……… So, you have to make sure that you make a good impression whether it be two paragraphs or a side long. ...  Read the complete review

I never ever stop reading unless forced which is why last weekend, with all the gift wraps finished, the customers served, the coffee machine stocked and the administration completed, I declined my colleagues' offer to sit in the office and chat about gorgeous Claire on Home and Stephanie on Sportswear (not their real names) and sat down to read. It comes to that sometimes at work you see – not being a 20 or 22 year old male as the others I work with are, I can sometimes feel excluded from their little conversations. Not that I’m bothered, mind you, as discussing the pertness of one staff member’s bum over another doesn’t really do it for me, ...  Read the complete review

Rightly or wrongly, that job opportunity you so crave will stand or fall by the result of your putting pen to paper. That initial application will determine whether or not an interview will follow. Now, this opinion may seem flippant. But perhaps if you read deeply between the lines (very deeply), something vaguely useful may herein lurk. Let me set the scene. As many of you know, I run a (very) small landscaping business. And every year, come March or April, I contact the Job Centre to attempt to recruit some seasonal help to tide me and my two permanent employees over the busy season. So, without further ado, here are some ...  Read the complete review