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Personal
Statement Do's and Don’ts |
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1. Remember
that your personal statement is your
personal statement, not an article
written about your prospective field
of job - it should tell us about you,
not about the subject.
2. Discuss your personal statement
with your friends and other professional
bodies that you think will advise
you.
3. Only put in things you are prepared
to talk about at interview (if you
have one).
4. Show your personal statement to
as many people as possible. Ask them
what you've left out, what you could've
put in a better light, and what you've
over done.
5. Give convincing reasons for why
you want to get that job.
6. For very competitive jobs, find
out as much as you can about the nature
of the work or research about the
company and try to make your personal
statement relevant to this..
7. If you have (realistic) long term
career plans, make a link between
these and the job you’ve chosen
to apply.
8. Mention positions of responsibility
with some examples of duties and skills
you learnt carrying them out.
9. Talk briefly about what you do
outside work place or how you can
be an asset to that company.
10. Be reflective. If you make a point
like 'I like music', 'I travelled
aboard', say what you got from it.
11. Keep paragraphs concise. |
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1. Just list what
you're doing now. You should pull
out the skills and experiences that
are relevant to the job for which
you're applying. Show how your hobbies
and interests contributed to your
generic skills or personality in
a way what supports success on a
career.
2. Mention skills and activities
without giving examples of when
they have been demonstrated or what
you learnt from them. Anyone can
write "I have great leadership
skills" in a Personal Statement,
actually using a sentence to explain
3. when you demonstrated good leadership
skills is much rarer and more valuable.
4. Refer to experiences that took
place before your GCSEs (or equivalent)
except as anecdotes or if absolutely
necessary
5. Mention interests without being
more specific - for reading mention
authors or genres, likewise with
music or art - mention particular
artists.
6. Lie or Exaggerate!!
7. Apply for too many different
jobs, making it difficult to write
a convincing personal statement
which supports the application.
8. Write a statement specific to
just 1 job, unless you're only applying
to that one choice.
9. Copy and paste the statement
from somewhere else!
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