Getting a job

[Ams1]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 14 July 2017 at 23:51

[Evanivitch]

Have you applied for graduate schemes? It's a very competitive environment at the moment for the best schemes.

Considered applying for a funded post-grad position?

[limpsfield]

I hate to be "that guy" but your spelling is atrocious. Are you checking the applications you send out? Years ago when I was recruiting someone in their mid 20s for a role, there were more than 100 applications, so any that looked sloppily put together were just binned.

I don't know what it is like in your business but as it is old farts like me who look at this stuff, I think it's important to get it right.

Good luck with your search - hopefully there will be someone who can point you in the right direction.

[zarjaz1991]

limpsfield said:

I hate to be "that guy" but your spelling is atrocious. Are you checking the applications you send out? Years ago when I was recruiting someone in their mid 20s for a role, there were more than 100 applications, so any that looked sloppily put together were just binned.

I don't know what it is like in your business but as it is old farts like me who look at this stuff, I think it's important to get it right.

Good luck with your search - hopefully there will be someone who can point you in the right direction.

Absolutely this.

The quality of the opening post answers its own question.

[Vaud]

I didn't see the posting.

However, any CVs with spelling mistakes are always rejected by me.

[James_B]

Vaud said:

I didn't see the posting.

However, any CVs with spelling mistakes are always rejected by me.

I politely pointed out the need to improve his English on his other thread. He's completely ignored the issue.

[98elise]

Vaud said:

I didn't see the posting.

However, any CVs with spelling mistakes are always rejected by me.

Same here. A CV is supposed to sell you. If its full of mistakes then its telling me you're either lazy or stupid.

[Vaud]

Some American spellings I will accept as the OED accepts many more these days as "acceptable use"... but basic grammar and spelling fixes are provided by Word or similar clones.

[dudleybloke]

I found these two videos helped me a lot.
Maybe they will help you.

https://youtu.be/2F3n80V_sb0

https://youtu.be/ZXsQAXx_ao0