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JOB VACANCIES AREA ... Applying for jobs
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The first steps
Once you have found a suitable job vacancy in our listings is to apply to the
relevant business who will then either send you an application form or arrange
an interview. When looking through our job vacancy listings you will notice that
some businesses prefer to be contacted via e-mail whereas others prefer to be
contacted via telephone or even by post. First impressions count, and the first
contact with your potential new employer should be one that encourages the
employer to proceed further by offering you an application or interview. |
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Contacting by telephone
If the relevant job vacancy listing requires you to telephone for further
details always be polite and courteous in your conversation and where possible
avoid shouting. If you are telephoning via a mobile phone and you are in a
public place find somewhere quiet where you will not be disturbed or reception
is bad. There is nothing worse than trying to have a conversation with somebody
who keeps getting cut-off or has been drowned out by a background noise. |
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Contacting by e-mail
If the relevant job vacancy listing requires you to e-mail your details so that
the company may contact you at their convenience or send you application forms
you will need to prepare a simple introductory e-mail with full details. Keep
the e-mail short, straight to the point, and easy to read, remember that this is
just an introductory e-mail for further details. |
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Contacting by post
If the relevant job vacancy listing requires you to send your details and some
times CV via post, you will need to prepare an introductory letter. Once again
keep the letter short, straight to the point, clearly written, on good quality
paper and include all the details that you have been asked to provide. |
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JOB VACANCIES AREA ... Completing application forms
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Once you have applied
And introduced to yourself to a potential employer you may then be required to
complete a job application form either sent to you or at your interview.
Although not all employers ask applicants to complete application forms, many
large companies still do. The main reason for this is so that the employer can
extract additional information from applicants that they would not have
necessarily included in their CVs such as criminal record details and possible
gaps in employment history.
Also by completing an application thoroughly, an employer will be able to judge
whether you can complete a given task and asses your approach to that given
task. Applications are also used to hold will details on file should future job
vacancies become available. The employer will then be able to match your
application to future vacancies and reduce the need for the employer to
advertise the job. |
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A few things to consider
Before you start to compete your application take a few minutes to read through
it thoroughly before you start completing it. Complete the answers on a rough
piece of paper if you are doing it at home, or photocopy it, and then after
checking your spellings, punctuation and answers proceed to fill in the form. If
you have previously prepared a CV you can use the information in it to help
complete the application. Make sure that all questions are completed, even if
the question is not relevant to you by stating that it is "not applicable".
Finally, Don't forget to keep copy for your own records as you may not be
successful on this occasion and will need to look at where your application went
wrong. |
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Data Protection Act
All employers are required to keep your information supplied in your
application, by e-mail, by post or any other method strictly confidential and
only for the purposes of recruitment under the Data Protection Act. |
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