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Interview with a Government
Recruiter - Page 2
Q. If you could give
one piece of advice to a job applicant, what would it be?
A. A job application is a serious investment in your future
– it shouldn’t be treated lightly.
Q.
What is the most amusing application you have ever seen?
A. Two immediately spring to mind. The most memorable was a
resume that had been photocopied so many times that it was difficult to
make out the text. There was as brief “cover
letter” scribbled on the back of a bank deposit slip and
stapled to the front of the resume. There were not any responses to the
selection criteria. I immediately though it was someone
submitting their quota of applications for Centrelink benefit purposes
who really wasn’t interested in the job, but the gentlemen
later called to enquire further about his application and seemed
genuinely interested in where he had gone wrong. Needless to say I gave
him some advice and examples of what his application should look like.
The second example is more recent. Only last week I read some
statements against key selection criteria where the applicant was
obviously struggling to come up with the right words so he just left
blank spaces with a row of question marks. In some cases he
would start a sentence and then finish it with a
“?”. It made interesting reading but I
really had no idea what the applicant was on about.
There are two lessons that people can take from these examples, always
ask for feedback, and always proof read your application before sending
it!
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