It often helps to skip the coffee beforehand. Instead, have a bit of a walk in the fresh air. This ensures your brain is supplied with enough oxygen and functions at its best. Remember to breathe in and out deeply, regularly and calmly, both before and, above all, during a conversation. This stabilises your circulation, […]
When addressing people, you should follow the hierarchy – i.e. team leaders, managers, managing directors, etc. first, followed by assistants, team members, etc. Where people are of equal rank, it is up to you in which order you mention them. You can either address the women first or list the people alphabetically.
It is extremely rare for a recruitment manager to lose, forget or misplace application documents. Nevertheless, you should be prepared for this eventuality and bring a printed copy of your documents with you. Even if they aren’t needed at the end of the day, this shows that you are prepared just in case.
You don’t need to do that – besides, it’s obvious from your address anyway. However, this shouldn’t be an issue in your CV or application; I’m sure you have other reasons for wanting to work there.
This is where you can score points if you’ve done your research on the company. What impressed you the most? The career prospects? Or the company’s environmentally friendly policies? Whatever it is, it should relate to your own goals and not just be a eulogy to the employer.
Whether you place the photo on the left, right or centre of the page is a matter of layout. However, you should always look ‘into’ the page, never out of it! So if you’re looking slightly to the right in the photo, it belongs on the left-hand side. And vice versa. Ideally, the photo should […]
Think in advance about a realistic career progression path within the company. Focus, above all, on your professional and personal development, and consider the added value this development would bring to the company. As someone starting out in their career, a realistic prospect might be, for example, that you would like to progress from a […]
To make a positive impression, it is important that you listen actively and do not ask questions that have already been answered during the conversation. This will prevent you from being remembered as someone who is inattentive. Furthermore, you should not ask for information that you could easily have looked up online. If, in addition, […]
In the case of a speculative application, your CV should not be longer than two pages. Passages that you consider relevant to the company or your desired role may be left in full, whilst others should be shortened and summarised. It is important that recruiters can find the key information at a glance.
Professional networking sites such as Xing or LinkedIn are a good place to start, provided your profiles are well-maintained and up to date. Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. are worth using if they are used for professional purposes or if knowledge of them is required.
