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MrSanders · 20/12/2020 18:08

This is my first time applying for a 'Big Job' and I'm a bit lost on my application.
The job is a low level admin job, which I have some but not a lot of experience in, pretty much all of my work experience is hospitality/customer services/retail. I'm struggling to fill out the 'supporting information' section in a way that makes my skills seem transferable.
From what I've looked at it seems a good idea to go through the person specification criteria and write something for each bullet point.
But how much am i expected to write? Should i do it in a paragraph or would bullet points be fine? Should i write down actual examples from previous non admin jobs or keep it vague?
It also says no personal details and no duplicate information, but surely a cv is entirely personal details? And ive already written my work history so how do i not give duplicate information about that?

Any advice would be amazing, I really want to be considered for this job but I'm struggling at presenting myself on paper.

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maxelly · 20/12/2020 23:05

You're on the right lines with going through the person spec line by line, bullet points is ok but do bear in mind that once you copy and paste it into NHS Jobs almost all your formatting is lost so check that before hitting send! Yes to examples, don't just vaguely state you have the skill, evidence it where possible (doesn't have to be in huge detail esp if it's a long person spec with lots of points to cover, but anyone can say 'I have good attention to detail' but the person that can show how this applies in practice always ticks more boxes!

The no personal details thing just means don't write your name, address etc in the personal statement (yes people do do this despite it being asked for elsewhere on the form, no I don't know why, yes it is a PITA for HR as shortlisting is meant to be done anonymously). It doesn't mean don't personalise the application in any way, that would be weird/difficult Grin . Don't worry about duplicating the info on your work history, or rather don't totally repeat yourself but of course use work-based examples, so for instance if the competency is team working you can introduce your example by saying 'I worked as park of a team in my role as X Assistant at Y company and... (go on to your example of team working). You don't have to explain what Y company does or what the role of X assistant entails, as that detail is (or should be) in your job history section. Just focus on explaining your team working skills succinctly. Hope that makes sense!

MrSanders · 21/12/2020 09:23

@maxelly this is great! Thank you. I actually think I've done really well on it. The person spec isn't very long so it's quite a small amount of information, which i think is good as I dont qant to waffle.

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