Are you a graduate looking for your first professional role? Or currently a student seeking an internship?<\/p>\n
It takes me back to when I was applying (with no real success\u2026). It can feel like going through the motions, resorting to robotic and formulated cover letters and CVs. It is key to stand out from the crowd.<\/p>\n
Below are 3 tips that could help separate you from everyone else!<\/p>\n
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If you\u2019ve got great grades and achievements, yes highlight them but prospective employers are now looking for the \u2018right\u2019 people almost more than the technical skills. Aim to demonstrate your rounded skill set and what you will bring to your new team. Especially your softer skills that some of your peers may not. Communication, collaboration and initiative are all key! You can demonstrate this through explaining how you all action these through part time roles, volunteering and sporting \/ cultural activities.<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t copy and paste with changing the company name. Prospective employers see hundreds of those! And chances are, you will likely forget to paste the wrong company name\u2026 your cover letter is an opportunity to demonstrate your writing ability. It also helps connect your genuine interests and longer-term goals with your understanding of the company. The ideal graduate role or internship will see you with the company long term. They\u2019re investing in you and it is the perfect foundation to set you up to progress within the organisation. Also talk about your connection to the location (family, friends, nightlife, sport\u2026) and why you can see yourself being settled there long term.<\/p>\n
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Connect on LinkedIn with employees, HR professionals and managers within the companies you\u2019re applying to. Follow their social media, turn up to job fairs and participate in events sponsored by industry companies. Make yourself known! Your applications will resonate if they\u2019re being read by the same people or you can then refer to those people in your application, demonstrating a genuine interest and knowledge that others won\u2019t be able to \u2013 another way of standing out.<\/p>\n
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Bonus tip!<\/strong><\/p>\n Be proactive in finding opportunities. Utilise SEEK, other job boards and company career pages. Even better \u2013 try to contact companies directly through email, phone or handing your application into reception in person. Whatever you do, keep track of where you\u2019ve applied! There are some helpful 3rd parties also – check out Lewis Wall<\/strong><\/a>‘s awesome initiative: www.thestudenthand.com \/ The Student Hand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you a graduate looking for your first professional role? Or currently a student seeking an internship? It takes me back to when I was applying (with no real success\u2026). It can feel like going through the motions, resorting to robotic and formulated cover letters and CVs. It is key to stand out from the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,45,1,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-candidates","category-cv-writing-tips","category-fluid-recruitment","category-interview-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8989"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8997,"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8989\/revisions\/8997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/8994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}