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Rowanna Smith, Careers Consultant
CEMPS Application Form
Workshop
www.exeter.ac.uk/careers
Aims Of The Session By the end of this session you will be able to:
• Understand from a Recruiter’s perspective the purpose
of using application forms in the recruitment process
• Select the most effective examples to demonstrate your
skills and abilities
• Focus examples around objectives, methods and impact
• Practice session with subject specific support available
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Purpose Of Using Application Forms
• To reduce risk!!
• To measure your abilities against the criteria of the job
role including:
o Specific Knowledge
o Specific/Technical Skills
o Generic Skills
• To predict your likely behaviour in the workplace
• To identify development needs
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If you do not tell them… They do not know!
If you do not tell them… They do not know!
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Selecting Relevant Examples
• Read through the complete application to be strategic on
which questions to use your best examples
• Read the question carefully
o Detailed example required?
o Range of examples required?
• Consider the weight of skills required for the job
• Mind maps can help to generate ideas if you are struggling
for examples
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Objectives
• Consider SMART when writing your examples,
particularly Specific, Measurable and Time-bound.
• See SMART handout.
As part of my remit as Head Waiter at
Cote Restaurant, I produced the shift rota
for weekend staff each month.
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Methods
• Consider how you work?
As part of my remit as Head Waiter
at Cote Restaurant, I regularly liaised
with colleagues to produce an agreed
shift rota for weekend staff each
month.
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Impact • Consider how your behaviour and actions affect the
team or organisation.
As part of my remit as Head Waiter at Cote
Restaurant, I regularly liaised with
colleagues to produce the monthly weekend
rota; ensuring prompt communication of any
changes and reducing the risk of insufficient
resources at short notice.
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Impact For Longer Statements
• Consider the order in which you write
• Consider the impact of the first line of each paragraph
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Context Detail
Impact Results Emotive
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(End, beginning, middle)
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Time to put this into
practice….
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Extra Support Is Available
in the Career Zone
Try:
1. Focus On Application Forms, small work groups
2. Effective Application Forms, Core Skills Session
3. Application Form Checks
4. 1:1 Appointment with a Careers Consultant
CEMPS Application Form
Workshop
Rowanna Smith, Careers Consultant