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    Successful CVs and

    Applications

    Laura Trotter

    Career Consultant

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    Lets get started...

    Why did you sign up for the

    workshop today? What would you

    like to cover?

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    Question

    On average how long does an employer

    take to review a CV?

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    Stopwatch !y "ulian Li# http$%%www.flickr.co#%photos%&ulianli#%'()*'+,,

    I often look at a CV for as little as

    3 secondsbut I look at some CVs for as

    long as 2 minutes.Confessions of a Recruitment Consultant

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/julianlim/4598412264/http://www.allaboutcareers.com/features/article/103/confessions-of-a-recruitment-consultanthttp://www.allaboutcareers.com/features/article/103/confessions-of-a-recruitment-consultanthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/julianlim/4598412264/
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    ...is a sales docu#ent$ To get you to interview

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    What do employers want to see?

    All &o!s haveco#petencies

    our CV and coveringletter can show you have

    the skills /and attri!utes0that they want

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9CM30kEIK8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUtjxo2oF8RpysMEpsxOPM3w
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    ou got your eye on the target http$%%www.flickr.co#%photos%,+(-22)*342-%)-(5'+'*6-%

    The person specification tells you what

    the recruiter is looking for use it

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    How to find out the skills required for the

    opportunity

    +. 7f you are applying for an advertised position8 read the &o! specification 9 skills

    #ay !e outlined in the person specification !ut there will also !e detail in theoverall description.

    ,. :esearch the e#ployer 9 what is their co#pany ethos? What are their priorities

    and o!&ectives? ;ro# this you can see what kind of people they would !e

    looking to work for the#.

    5. Look at the skills re

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    Whats in it for #e? !y :on =ader http$%%www.flickr.co#%photos%planeta%(,6'2(,(6'%

    In many cases! still too much about what our

    company can "o for them! an" not enough about

    what they can bring to the company.

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    ACCURATE:ACCURATE:

    ATTENTTIONATTENTTION

    TO DETAILTO DETAIL

    The stan"ar" of #nglish is still pretty poor $$$in many cases it

    "oesn%t e&en make sense.

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    Stand out !y Stevan Sheets > http$%%www.flickr.co#%photos%stevan%((5**(+*)%

    e&en though hiring managers are inun"ate"! you ha&e to stan"

    out! an" the only way to "o that is with precise e'amples of

    achie&ements! an" "o it (uickly. Ryan Carfley! )i' Resume *istakes to +&oi"

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    Think

    chameleon

    Think

    chameleon

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    Covering Letters

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    The Covering Letter

    :e#e#!er it is half of your #arketing package

    Ai# for one side of A' #a

    Always try and write to a na#ed individual

    Target@

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    What to inlude ! " #ain $etions of a Cover Letter

    7ntroduction

    Who you are % why you are writing&

    Why you? Why are you interested in that 'o(? What partiular skills

    and e)periene do you have to offer?

    Why The#?

    Try to show you have researhed their organisation& ositive conclusion

    When you are availa(le for interview and you look forward

    to hearing from them et&

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    *ey +oints for Covering Letter

    ,iret to a named person

    -ours .aithfully

    /$ir0#adam1

    -ours sinerely

    /2amed ontat1

    +unhy and foused

    2o lists or ram(ling

    3 $ide of 4" #45

    6nthusiasti

    4void (rohure speak

    +ositive end

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    Craking the Cover Letter

    B =ai#u# + side of A'

    B ;our key paragraphs

    9 7ntroduction

    9 Why the#?

    9 Why you?

    9 ositive conclusion

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    $wap your CV with another student& Consider anyonstrutive feed(ak you ould give them (asedon the following7

    +. 7s it easy to read?

    ,. o they show a good #iture of their relevant%technical eperienceand transfera!le skills?

    5. o they provide evidence for the skills they have?

    '. What are the good%!ad points and could anything have !een

    i#proved upon? What do you think of the presentation?

    (. Dverall8 does it provide a useful introduction to #ake you want tointerview the#?

    -. What achieve#ents have they shown?

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    Application ;or#s

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    4ppliation form 8 $i) steps to suess

    +. :ead8 think and plan

    ,. 7#agine yourself doing the &o!5. Ese ea#ples > prepared

    '. Five yourself plenty of ti#e to fill in the for#

    (. Check8 check and check again /spelling G gra##ar0

    -. Heep a copy for your reference and ask for feed!ack

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    6mployers9 +erspetive

    What do you think were the top 5 areas where

    applications fail?

    +. 4ot tailoring their answer to specific co#pany and

    &o! role

    ,. Lack of accuracy 9 spelling8 gra##atical #istakes

    5. ;ailure to de#onstrate passion% #otivation for that

    role%industry% co#pany

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    Three *ey +arts

    4a#e%Contact etails%Iducation

    I#ploy#ent 1istory

    Additional infor#ation% Juestions$ Co#petency8

    Co##it#ent G Self Hnowledge

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    Questions 8 6)amples

    Competeny Questions

    escri!e a ti#e when youhave had to persuadeso#eone that you point ofview is right?

    escri!e a situationwhere you have workedwith a group of people toachieve a goal?

    Commitment Questions

    Why have you chosen career path?

    Why have you chosen e#ployer and role?

    $elf *nowledge

    What are your weaknessesand how have youoverco#e the#?

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    $ituation % Task

    4tion

    :esult

    How to use $T4:

    K:7I; outline

    Specific details of what8 howand why you took action youdid

    What was the outco#e?Juantity? Juality? What didyou learn?

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    .or e)ample; instead of7

    When 7 worked in a shop 7 had to deal with angry custo#ers.

    Try7 $ When 7 was working at Co#pany in a custo#er service role...

    T ...7 was approached !y an angry custo#er who wanted to #ake aco#plaint to a senior #anager.

    4 7 took ownership of the situation !y gently asking the custo#er ifwe could #ove to a

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    Ke the recruiter@

    Working in groups of 5%'8 you have ( #inutes todecide which of the - responses you would shortlistfor the following co#petency

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    :ecruiter ;eed!ack

    Who did you hire?

    What did you notice a!out each application?

    What stood out?

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    :ecruiter ;eed!ack on Leeds Applicants ,2+,%+5 cycle

    =a&or retailer

    *, applications 9 6) re&ected at this stage

    Large Technology co#pany

    ++) applications 9 )- re&ected at this stage

    Accountancy and ;inance organisation$

    ,2+, > '(( applications8 ,) successful /-M0

    Feneral co##ents$

    NWanted to recruit #ore !ut had a lack of

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    Hints and Tips for $uessful 4ppliations

    Hints & Tips

    -hen you prepare your application! think carefully about

    the role you are intereste" in an" your skills. se plain

    #nglish an" stick to the wor" limit. +lso make sure to gi&e

    full "etails of your "egree mo"ules! rele&ant final year

    pro/ects an" work e'perience. 0iring managers will wantto see what you%&e "one an" how this fulfils what they are

    looking for.

    KAI Syste#s

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    .eed(ak from appliations to 3@

    =any CVs are still very generic

    N7n #any cases still too #uch a!out what Enilever can do for

    the#8 and not enough a!out what they can !ring to Enilever.O

    NThe standard of Inglish is still pretty poor in a lot of cases. 7tsessential that the students spell check and%or get so#eone to

    read over what they have written8 as in #any cases it doesnt

    even #ake senseO.

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    ;eed!ack fro# ;= 9 /7T co#pany0

    The best a"&ice I coul" gi&e a stu"ent regar"ing completing an

    application form is tailoring the answers they pro&i"e. There are

    no generic answers or rules to filling out an application form

    e&en for similar roles. #&ery company will be looking for slightly

    "ifferent things as companies "iffer in their approach! &alues

    an" beliefs. Therefore the stu"ent nee"s to look at the /ob

    specification an" tailor their answers to what the role entails an"

    what the company is looking for in the right can"i"ate. 1ou will

    nee" to use rele&ant e'amples to "emonstrate the skills theemployer is seeking as this is the first filtering process

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    Eseful we!sites

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    ions

    http$%%www.gradcracker.co#%advice%applying

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    I#ploya!ility section of VLI

    http$%%target&o!s.co.uk%career>

    sectors%engineering