An excellent degree reflects your approach to your work and is therefore important when applying for jobs after graduation. However, as you gain professional experience, its significance diminishes.
I would advise against this, as it involves several steps to open the files. This is very cumbersome and may result in important documents being overlooked. It is better to limit the number of attachments and include them as a single PDF document.
Even in this age of online applications, there are still companies that prefer applications to be sent by post. You should accept this. Otherwise, the recruiter might get the impression that you haven’t read the job advert or have ignored it.
Both are possible. Whilst a portrait photo focuses on your eyes and your smile, a half-length photo shows more of your clothing and your posture. However, you should make sure that your face is still clearly recognisable.
Of course, you can follow up. However, you should wait between two and four weeks before getting in touch. To begin with, you should simply enquire whether your application documents have been received. Only then should you cautiously ask about the current vacancy situation.
As the main aim of this application strategy is to spark the HR professionals’ initial interest in getting to know the applicant personally, attachments are not usually expected or sent. Nevertheless, there is no reason why you should not include individual pieces of evidence – particularly relevant, meaningful or positive ones – with a speculative application on a voluntary basis.
Although it was quite common for a long time, details of your marital status are no longer required. Your qualifications and professional experience are far more important.
The file name should be descriptive and user-friendly. The following information is important to the company: your name and the title of the role you are applying for. Even though the company name is likely to appear in the filename for the company’s application management system, the format ‘Application_Your Name_Role.pdf’ has proven effective for sending the file. This ensures that the document can be saved and organised with minimal effort.
When text is underlined, certain letters are obscured. Furthermore, we very often associate underlined text with links. Italics give the impression of a quotation – in other words, something that isn’t your own work. In addition, this type of text often appears blurred to the eye. When using colour, you should use no more than one colour and incorporate it into all parts of your application. In my opinion, the targeted use of bold type – for example, for key terms – makes the most sense.
A line spacing of 1.15 is ideal for a cover letter. If the body text is shorter, increase the line spacing gradually until the page looks reasonably full, but do not exceed 1.5. To break up the text, you can also insert a blank line between paragraphs. This gives the text more structure and makes it easier to read than simply increasing the line spacing.
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