Praetorian Outsource Marketing Southampton offers advice to job hunters.

July 25, 2012 - PRLog -- Praetorian Outsource Marketing Southampton know unemployment figures, redundancies or simple boredom in existing positions mean that companies are receiving more and more applications from candidates hoping to secure themselves that much sought after position.
With large numbers of people applying for the same positions and people applying outside of their work or educational field it is more important than ever for your application to get noticed and for your interview to be perfect.

The HR director for Praetorian Outsource Marketing Southampton knows all too well of this, having seen many C.Vs during her time at the growing outsource sales and marketing company. When asked to offer some simple advice to potential applicants, the HR Director commented,

‘Keep the CV short and simple, but make it stand out. These may sound like contradicting statements so I should probably elaborate. Many of the CV’s I see are over-crowded with information, some of which just doesn’t need to be on there. With high numbers of applications coming through, the information needs to be easily digested by the Manager or whoever is reading it, so firstly I would recommend keeping applications to a maximum of 2 A4 sides’

Continuing, the HR director added,

‘At Praetorian Outsource Marketing Southampton we see so many C.Vs, many of which contain the same ‘template’ structure and information. Although ‘hard working’, ‘people person’, ‘great team work skills’  and other such phrases look great on a CV, if an employer has read 100 applications citing the same skills and features, what will make them choose you? My advice is to simply back your statements up with relevant and sturdy examples. These do not necessarily need to be from previous employment, examples can come from education, sport, leisure, anywhere you feel that you have applied and developed these skills and attributes’.

‘The ultimate advice I can offer when applying for a job would be to be honest and add a little personality to your CV (not your entire autobiography!). Make sure you read through the advertisement thoroughly before applying and keep a note of what you have applied for- asking what the role is when you have already applied doesn’t look great! Finally, a spell and grammar check before submitting your application is a MUST and make sure you list various contact details, so if you are successful your potential employer can contact you easily!’

With plans for expansion in full swing and a growing repertoire of clients on their books, Praetorian Outsource Marketing Southampton are often on the lookout for new candidates to work alongside the successful outsource sales and marketing company.

You can apply for a position at www.praetorianmarketing.co.uk.