Look at the job description again; there's a reason you're applying for something different.
Not exact matches
Resonating with experiences played out time and
again in the legal tech sector, Stanhope says: «A male junior in a bank will
look at a
job description and if they believe they can execute around 50 % of the criteria on the
job spec, they will take a punt and work on the 50 % believing, I can do.
For this piece, it's helpful to
again look back
at the
job description and pick 2 - 3 items that you have strong experience in.
Once you have decided the order in which you want to put the
jobs,
look at the
descriptions again.
Don't tell me when I call for our phone interview (
again, pre-scheduled) that you haven't
looked at the
job description since you applied and thus can't remember much about the
job.
Then
look again at the highlighted areas on the
job description, and think hard about where your skills and experiences use the same basic underlying skills.
Look again at the
job description.