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Squiggly Careers

#302 How to make your job application stand out

Squiggly Careers

AmazingIf

Careers, Management, Business

4.9838 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Job applications are an important part of a recruitment process, however it can feel hard to work out how to stand out when there is so much you need to say. In this week's Squiggly Careers podcast episode, Helen and Sarah go back to basics and focus on the most important factors that often get overlooked. They also share their ideas for 'even better if' when you're looking to make a positive impression with your CV, covering letter or LinkedIn profile (or hopefully all three!). More ways to learn: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i 3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/ If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Helen and this is the Squiggly Careers podcast where every week we share

0:08.5

ideas for action and tools to try out that we really hope will help you to navigate your

0:13.4

squiggly career with a bit more confidence, clarity and control. We can't ignore your voice.

0:20.2

Sarah's a bit croaky, everybody.

0:21.6

We're recording this at the end of a relatively long day.

0:24.6

We were together for about 8 o'clock prepping stuff this morning.

0:27.6

And we've been filming and talking all day for some different videos that we create for lots of the sessions that we run.

0:32.6

That combined with a bit of a cold has Sarah a little bit croaky in this episode.

0:36.6

I've done that thing of having the flu jab for some very, very good reasons.

0:41.8

And I feel like that jab has sort of given me a tiny bit of flu.

0:46.0

And I know none of the science behind this.

0:48.0

So I'm blaming that.

0:49.2

Also, I'm so weedy when it comes to needles.

0:52.5

So when I had this flu jab, she was like, I'm just going to do it.

0:55.0

I was like, I'm just going to look the other way. I'm like, so proud of myself for having it.

0:59.5

And all my family like know that. And then I was like, well, didn't Sarah. Like, that's really,

1:02.6

really good. I do love you, but you are weedy. You are. With any kind of illness type thing. So, but hey, you say that, but I'm still here, still recording our podcast.

1:13.0

You are a dedicated weed. And what are we talking about today? So today we're going to talk about

1:18.6

how to make your job applications stand out. And so we know that this might not be relevant

1:23.9

for everybody right now, but we're probably all applying for a job at some point

1:29.0

every couple of years, whether that's internally or externally. And I always think we also

1:34.3

always know somebody who is applying for a job. So even if this is not you right now, perhaps

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