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ITT: I suck at job hunting, do you?
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 29 Jul 2010, 03:04 ---Wheeeee continually failing to even get to the interview stage for entry level retail jobs! I didn't think I was unemployable (aside from my current job...) but apparently I am. Fuck seven months of rejection and failure. Getting so fucking sick of this.
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Get someone to look over your CV. Make sure you cover all the points in the person spec (stated or implied) when applying for jobs.
If everything there is fine then don't lose heart -- if where you are is anything like the UK, over 100 people are applying for every job going so competition is fierce.
Jimmy the Squid:
This is the thing, I've had my CV re-written a couple of times, most recently by a friend of mine from uni who's job it is to write CV's for people who are unable to find work.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: HiFranc on 29 Jul 2010, 10:17 ---Make sure you cover all the points in the person spec (stated or implied) when applying for jobs.
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I'm torn on this one. I used to list people skills and such (is that what you mean by "person spec"? my apologies if I'm misunderstanding) on my resume and was eventually advised to remove that stuff because it looks amateurish. I think it's better for your people skills to be implied through your previous work experience rather than directly listed.
pwhodges:
The "person spec" is a very specific document detailing the necessary and desirable requirements for an employee, and the interviewers in a place that uses them will be bound by it over their feelings in the matter (it's viewed as a sort of contract with the applicant). I got my present job largely by making a copy of the person spec interlined with notes highlighting how my experience equipped me to meet each point in it (and nicely formatted).
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 29 Jul 2010, 17:09 ---
--- Quote from: HiFranc on 29 Jul 2010, 10:17 ---Make sure you cover all the points in the person spec (stated or implied) when applying for jobs.
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I'm torn on this one. I used to list people skills and such (is that what you mean by "person spec"? my apologies if I'm misunderstanding) on my resume and was eventually advised to remove that stuff because it looks amateurish. I think it's better for your people skills to be implied through your previous work experience rather than directly listed.
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I'm not sure if you get them there but a person specification is sometimes issued by companies to accompany job adverts. It's normally a table. For example, a customer service position may list the following:
Skill Essential Desirable
Customer Service skils Must be able to put customers NVQ Level 2 in Customer Service or
at ease (some of whom may equivalent
be aggressive)
etc
So in a covering letter a person applying for that job may write:
--- Quote ---I achieved a promotion to supervisor, in part, due to my customer service skills. As a supervisor I dealt with complaints...
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{edit}If you interested, in seeing a real person specification just look at any job in the NHS. Please note that they often combine the Job Description and the Person Specification into one document.
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