Answering Job Advertisements

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You want an employer to be able to assess your application against the criteria in the advert and tick all the boxes. Remember, the employer has put considerable effort into deciding exactly what they are looking for.

Generally, when they screen the many applications, they will have the advert sri lanka phone number library or the list of criteria from the advert in front of them. For them, the easiest way to whittle down the pile is to eliminate candidates who don’t meet those criteria.

So you need to submit an effective response that systematically answers all the job advert’s requirements.

What actually happens in most cases is that a jobseeker reads an advert, thinks ‘I’d be good for this job’ and then attaches their resume without a cover letter, or if one is included it is the usual generic one they use. They only check the advert again to confirm application instructions – e.g. the email address to send it to.