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When looking for new employees, international organisations want to identify people with an appropriate range of skills. However, they also want to find someone with self-motivation, self confidence and a mature professional manner that fits well with their corporate identity and business culture. Therefore a job application really needs to talk to its reader and convince employers on many levels!
David Dennehy, a business coach and English teacher with recruitment experience from a decade spent in London, advises university students on how to develop an effective job application kit when contacting multinational companies and international organisations.
Part 1
Part 1
...a job application really needs to talk to its reader and convince.
...a job application really needs to talk to its reader and convince.
A professional CV in English is a very different document to the standard Italian Europass CV. It must demonstrate energy, action and self-awareness.
When applying for a job in English there are three components that must be expertly written:
A covering letter creates an excellent first impression of the applicant and encourages employers to actively read the attached CV.
A personal statement at the top of a CV underlines an applicant’s professional motivations and determination.
A Curriculum Vitae transmits, explicitly and implicitly, what applicants have done in concrete terms, the core skills and soft skills they have developed in both work and education , the challenges they have overcome and the goals they have reached.
Part 2
Part 2
.....a successful job interview is a consequence of deep self-awareness.
.....a successful job interview is a consequence of deep self-awareness.
Most international organisations use a competency based interview process when selecting new employees. Preparing for such an interview requires several steps:
- Be self aware - Do you consciously understand your personality, your soft skills, your motivations and your limitations? To successfully sell yourself, first you must know who you are and what you can do.
- STAR - prepare efficient answers using the STAR technique. This is a form of concise storytelling that must clearly demonstrate how you performed a task using a particular competency in the past and achieved a favourable outcome. Your answers must be truthful, positive, effective and concise.
- Practice makes perfect - Spend lots of time practicing your performance. STAR answers should only take two or three minutes. Your level of preparation will very apparent in the interview and will certainly influence an employers first impression and final decision.
If you would like more information or to book this course at your university please get in touch by phone on 329 6319015 or by email at david.dennehy@parlainglese.net
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