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How to Make Your Application form Work for You?
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public service appointments
  
   
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of application forms
  
    
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to make it
  
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to the interview stage.
   
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that

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by asking each candidate
   
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identical questions,
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for companies
 
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forms.

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about your qualifications,
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work experience,
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special achievements
 
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and your
 
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leisure pursuits.
 
    
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make notes of
  
   
what you consider to be
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your particular
 
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skills and strengths.
  
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so that this information
   
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is always easily available;
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find out
 
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everything you can
  
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about the organization
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the companys profile
  
    
and then make a list
   
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of what this company
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is actually looking for.
   
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you identify the key skills
    
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sought by that organization
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and demonstrate that
  
   
you have
 
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just the qualities
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it wants.
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must be presented
  
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in a concrete way.
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just to say that
   
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you have good
  
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communication skills.
 
   
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something like:
 
  
As leader of
  
    
our schools scientific society,
   
    
I learned a lot
  
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about both public speaking
   
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and the exchange of opinions;
    
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c) 
Plan properly!
  
  
Read the application form
   
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thoroughly and then
  
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read it again.
  
    
Make a copy of it
   
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and use that as a first draft.
     
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to work out
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what will fit where
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and how
 
  
you are going to
   
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space the information.
  
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opy the finished form
   
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to use it as a reference
     
       
if you do get called
    
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for an interview.
  
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This will also help you
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fill out similar forms
   
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in the future;
 
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d) 
Sell yourself !
  
  
Be positive
 
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nd dont worry about
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sounding boastful.
 
   
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for false modesty.
  
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you could use
  
   
your qualifications and
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your work experience
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in a way that
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makes them sound
  
  
particularly relevant
 
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to the job you want.
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desribing what you can
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bring to an organization,
   
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rather than
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what you hope
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to get out of it.
   
  
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to include any extra skills
    
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like driving
 
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or speaking
 
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a foreign language,
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if you feel (that)
   
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they are relevant.
  
  
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to recruit
 
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well-rounded candidates,
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so include any hobbies,
   
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or any prizes
  
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and experience
 
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to make them sound
   
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as impressive as you can
    
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without, of course,
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being dishonest;
 
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Think about presentation!
  
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Use black ink.
  
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Write neatly and,
  
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if you know
  
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(that) your writing
   
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is hard to read,
   
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use capital letters.
  
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Use a dictionary
 
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to double-check spelling;
  
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Be concise!
  
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It is not
  
 
a good idea
 
  
to include masses
  
   
of extra information
  
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on attached pieces of paper.
    
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when it is
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specifically requested
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and, even then,
  
   
it should be kept
   
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as brief and as relevant
    
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as possible.
 
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to add any old information
    
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just to fill up the spaces
    
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between the questions.
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(that) people give
   
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are too detailed and
   
   
it can make
  
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a very bad impression;
   
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Answer all the questions!
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It is very vital
   
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to fill in every box.
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Try not to make references to
    
    
other sources of information 
    
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it is not helpful,
    
   
because forms
 
  
require specific
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and explicit information.
  
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The only way
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a prospective candidate
  
  
can do
 
    
himself/ herself justice
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is to answer everything
   
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he/she is asked;
   
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h) 
Never lie!
  
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Apart from the fact that
   
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you might be caught out
    
      
and asked to tell interviewers
    
   
about your fictional
  
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ascent of Everest,
  
 
writing

   
deliberate falsehoods
 
  
on an application form
   
   
can sometimes be
  
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a sackable offence;
  
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Check your vocabulary!
  
  
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unnecessarily

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complicated language.
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Watch out for wimpy words
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like mostly, quite
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or fairly 
 
      
they do not give the impression
     
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of energy or enthusiasm.
   
