Application Forms - Selling Yourself

Written by Stephen Richards


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5) In any area ofrepparttar form that allows you to provide extra information about yourself or your previous employment, userepparttar 145942 short punchy statements from your resume. Ifrepparttar 145943 Application Forms has plenty space for that sort of information (most don't) then use bullet points and spacerepparttar 145944 statements.

6) Completerepparttar 145945 rest ofrepparttar 145946 Application Forms.

7) Make yourself a coffee.

8) After you have finished your drink, go throughrepparttar 145947 completed form carefully. Identify any mistakes that you have made.

(i) Check spelling. (ii) Check that non ofrepparttar 145948 boxes look crowded. (iii) Get a friend to read throughrepparttar 145949 Application Forms.

9) If you make any mistakes, eraserepparttar 145950 mistake and addrepparttar 145951 corrections.

10) If you need to, userepparttar 145952 other photocopies until you have a perfectly completed Application Forms.

11) Now carefully transfer that information using a Black ink Biro torepparttar 145953 original Application Forms.

Although these 11 steps are incredibly time consuming, when done correctly, they make a big difference torepparttar 145954 look ofrepparttar 145955 completed original.

Once you have completedrepparttar 145956 Application Forms make a photocopy and ensure that you have a high quality covering letter to accompany it and you are done.

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


Telephone Technique

Written by Stephen Richards


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Think aboutrepparttar things they might want to discuss onrepparttar 145941 phone,repparttar 145942 advert says "informal discussion" what does that mean?

If you think it means what it says then you are kidding yourself. This will be a mini interview to see how you handle yourself onrepparttar 145943 telephone and how quickly you think on your feet.

The applicant will have 1 - 3 years experience but obviously more would be ok, howeverrepparttar 145944 salary might be less than an more experienced sales person might want.

If you had more thanrepparttar 145945 three years experience but neededrepparttar 145946 job you might want to take time to come up with a positive reply to "you have more experience than we are looking for". You could try something like "I appreciate your concern but I'm sure thatrepparttar 145947 benefit torepparttar 145948 company of my experience will outweigh that concern, I'm sure that I'd be very happy working for Barnes Big Pills."

You may be asked about your previous experience in some detail, having your resume to hand would be useful so that you don't need to remember allrepparttar 145949 dates and companies that you have worked for.

A pen and paper would be useful to make notes with, having to askrepparttar 145950 person atrepparttar 145951 other end to wait while you get a pen and paper doesn't demonstrate a professional who is ready to make appointments or take orders. If everything goes well you would be writing down details ofrepparttar 145952 next step.

*Makingrepparttar 145953 call First of all introduce yourself and then establish who you are talking to before you launch into your main conversation,repparttar 145954 call might start like this:-

"Hello, Barnes Big Pills"

"Hello, my names Steve Richards, could I speak to Holly Wilson please?"

"Certainly, I'll put you through"

"Hello Mr Richards, Holly Wilson here"

"Please, Call me Steve, I'm calling aboutrepparttar 145955 advertisement inrepparttar 145956 Smallville Gazette forrepparttar 145957 position of Sales Manager, could you tell me a little more aboutrepparttar 145958 position please, I'm very interested?"

Now, I'm sure you will agree that this is a more professional approach torepparttar 145959 phone call and you it makes a more positive impression.

Notice thatrepparttar 145960 conversation was friendly but that although we know that we are speaking to Holly Wilson, I didn't call her Holly or Miss Wilson, I don't know if she is single or married. Calling her Holly might be over familiar at this stage, but I gave her permission to call me Steve.

This technique of taking a little bit of time to do some very basic research and preparation will pay dividends and if you sometimes experience FEAR remember what it is. To overcome that fear, prepare yourself by running throughrepparttar 145961 call in your head or with a friend. The more you practicerepparttar 145962 more confident you will be.

Here's to your next interview.

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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