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Tips for opening the interview
door
How To Write A Convincing And Impressive Covering Letter
Keep it to
one page [3 to 4 paragraphs]
Use positive plain English, dynamic verbs &
shorter sentences
Address to a person not ‘Sir/Madam’ |
It is more eye catching and easy
to read
The covering letter is the personal
part of the application |
Paragraph 1
Get to the important information quickly
Say who you know in common |
Important to the employer not to
you
Research! Research! Research!
It make the reader think you are already one of
the tribe |
Paragraph 2
Highlight your credentials for applying |
In dot points to give added clarity
Link the skills to particular areas of experience |
Paragraph 3
Find an edge that separates you from
the pack |
Research the company & people
and find something they might need |
Paragraph 4
Ask for an interview in a confident, positive and
direct way that links your experience to what they
need |
You might like to say that you will
ring them at a certain time. |
Interesting Websites To Explore
AACC Australian Association of Career
Counsellors
http://www.aacc.org.au
The Good Guides
www.thegoodguides.com.au
JobHuntersBible.com: Job Hunting
Online with Richard Bolles and What Color Is Your Parachute
www.jobhuntersbible.com
seek.com.au - Australia's leading
job search and career website.
www.seek.com.au
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News
The Ageing
Workforce: [Worklife]
Companies will face
a severe shortage of badly needed skills in this decade,
unless they act now to entice top-performing older employees
to delay their retirements, according to a report by
The Conference Board. "The fierce competition for
talent during the 1990s will return with a vengeance,"
says Howard Muson, author of the report, Valuing
Experience: How to Retain and Motivate Mature Workers.
"The world's industrial economies
face a gathering storm of demographic realities. Experts
are predicting a veritable tsunami of retirements in
this decade and the next by members of the generation
born 1946 and 1964 - the baby boomers. The prediction
comes with a warning: "Unless companies find ways
to retain aging boomers' skills and experience, productivity
in many organizations is bound to suffer."
More at http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2118
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 Some
Useful Books
Coach Yourself – Dr Anthony
Grant PhD
How To Address
Selection Criteria - Dr Ann D Villiers
Coach Yourself - Anthony Grant
Working Identity
- Herminia Ibarra
Unconventional
strategies for Reinventing Your career
The Elements Of Style – William
Strunk and E.B. White
Life Makeovers
- Cheryl Richardson
Soul Work
- Finding the work you love, loving the work you have
- Deborah P. Bloch & Lee J. Richmond
The Complete Job-Search
Handbook - Howard Figler
Feel the Fear
and Do it Anyway - Susan Jeffers
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Books & book summaries are available from WORKLIFE
www.worklife.com.au
Worklife Careers Ph 0299681588
Assessment Instruments You Can Try
 Kiersey
Temperament test sorter 11
Gives you are light-hearted
take on your preferences. Are you an Artisan, Guardian,
Rational or Idealist?
www.advisorteam.com/user/ktsintro.asp
 MAPP
Assessment Centre
"Your Assessment
reveals your natural motivations and talent for work.
Click here to try this FREE test and have the summary
returned to your email.
www.assessment.com/MAPPInfo/FreeAnalysis.asp
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