Job Application Forms - hints and tips needed.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

Haven't done on in ages.

For qualifications do I list backwards or forwards?

should professional - worky type things come in chronologically with the rest of tmy academic things or spearately?

How can I make them know it's me when the application forms get annonymised?

anyting else>?

I always list my most recent qualifications first. I have had a lot of jobs and list only the relevant ones and put something at the bottom like 'there have been no breaks in my employment history, this list includes relevant employment experience and I have also worked in blah blah....'

You should have a personal profile aswell. Also if you have had a lot of personal achievements like doubling sales in your section due to changes you have made then include these.

How far back with employment history do I go?

all the way to when I left school? or since qualifying?

if it's a form then they usually have separate sections for work and academic qualifications. they also usually say whether they want most recent first (usually they do). I'd only mention post-school but pre-qualifying stuff if it's relevant.

re "anything else" - the most

whoops...the most important bit is the bit about descirbing why you are suited to/qualified for the job -use the person spec and job description to give the section sub-heads and point out what bits of your experience or qualifications mean you meet the criteria