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" 1. The way you addressed your cover letter You don&amp;#039;t need us to tell you that it&amp;#039;s frickin&amp;#039; HARD to find a job these days. The few jobs that are going at the moment are insanely over applied for, and the recruiting manager will receive hundreds of applications for just one position (totally aware we didn&amp;#039;t need to tell you that and that we big-fat-did-anyway, soz). Any cover letter that&amp;#039;s addressed to Sir/Madam or, even worse, &amp;quot;To whom it may concern&amp;quot; is not starting off on the right foot - especially compared to other letters that were written by applicants who took the time to research online or call the company, to find out exactly who they were applying to. This extra step can make a huge difference, do it. 2. You didn&amp;#039;t sell yourself The job that you&amp;#039;re applying for exists because the company needs an extra resource to help them deliver their goals, not because they know it would look good on your CV. Don&amp;#039;t waste time telling a prospective employer what a great opportunity this is for you, instead tell them specifically how you can benefit them. What skills and experience do you have that could apply? What do you have that the company is lacking at the moment? Being British it can be hard to sell yourself fully without feeling like a showoff, but really, SHOW OFF.  3. Your CV was wonky Your CV should be tailored specifically to each job you&amp;#039;re applying for, not just batch distributed to every employer in the hopes that they&amp;#039;ll stick with the three pages of irrelevant work experience you had when you were 14 to eventually get to your skills. Someone once told me to imagine you were up for the job against someone you hated, and were arguing over why you should get it instead of them. What would you say first to sell yourself? Whatever points, experience or successes you go to should be at the top of your CV so the recruiter can see them first. If you&amp;#039;ve not had tonnes of relevant experience, there will be skills you have that are transferable. Can you people manage? Prioritise well? Have you worked in a team or been a self starter and left to your own devices? Stuff that may not seem obviously related at first can often be applied if you think about using it in a different context. 4. You seemed entitled While point 2 here is so, so important, you can honestly never be too enthusiastic for a job. If you seem like you&amp;#039;re expecting to be given Beyonce treatment straight away rather than put in the hard work on the job because you WANT IT SO MUCH, there&amp;#039;ll be someone else who comes across as a lot more keen and prepared to undertake any task. Doing the groundwork isn&amp;#039;t what everyone dreamed of doing when they were growing up, but everyone has to do it at some point.  5. You abandoned Google Thorough research of a company is a real turn-on when reading a cover letter. Being up to speed on what the business is doing shows you&amp;#039;re interested in the direction it&amp;#039;s taking, and what to be a part of it. Even if it&amp;#039;s noting a recent hire or mentioning an article written about the business, it&amp;#039;ll help. BON CHANCE. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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