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ARM YOURSELF WITH THE ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS

The documents you present for pre-employment assessments is important, they speak

volumes about you. Chiefly among such documents are your Resume (or curriculum

vitae, CV), your covering or suitability letter, your letter of recommendation and other
supporting documents. These documents should not only be beautifully written, but they

should also be in the right or standard format. This way, they give credence to your
application. Professionally written and well formatted documents create positive

impression that speaks volumes about you. That said, you want to give them the loudest
and irresistible voice that makes your application preferable, standing tall above all

others. When you do this, the Hiring manager would like to know more about the owner

of such impressive application, and consequently, selects you for an interview.

One of the greatest hurdles in job hunting is making the interview shortlist. No matter
how good and competent you are, if you do not have a chance to convince the Hiring

manager, you will not get into the employment. The only way to get through is by
leveraging on the strength of your application through your documents. Since you will

not be there to speak for yourself at the initial selection stage, the documents that will do

that for you ought to be excellently written and well-presented. That is about the only
way your name can enter an interview shortlist. You do not necessarily have to write any

test to be invited for an interview in most cases, you are basically considered on the
strengths and voice of your application – the documents you submitted.

A good application is a spot-on for the Hiring manager, while weak and poorly written
applications put him off. He has a lot of resumes and applications to peruse. Therefore, if

the first three sentences of your covering letter or resume do not make any sense to him,
he will drop it for another one. That is the end! That is how easy an unimpressive

application can deny you a place in the interview or end your dreams of getting a job.
This is one reason many applicants have not gotten a single job interview call back after

sending several applications. There is no other way to scale this first hurdle except
through making excellent job application and well-presented supporting documents.

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