{"id":725,"date":"2024-06-06T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/?p=725"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:01:15","slug":"making-the-most-of-your-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/2024\/06\/06\/making-the-most-of-your-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the most of your opportunities\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dr Tom Brownlee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by\u202fCytonn Photography<\/a>\u202fon\u202fUnsplash<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last few weeks, I\u2019ve been involved in a number of interviews for students applying for placements in professional sport. The students have some guidance around applying for jobs and interview conduct and the majority interviewed excellently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this, there were still a handful of issues, which occurred with some frequency. Today I\u2019ll provide a few tips on applying for jobs initially and then how to conduct yourself should you be invited for an interview. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Align yourself to the role<\/strong> \u2013 You\u2019re given a job description, so use it! You should go down the job description and provide an example of something you\u2019ve done that ticks every one of those items. Then write your CV and cover letter accordingly. Some things will be a more obvious match, but you want to make it as easy as possible for them to see how you\u2019re the right person for the job.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn about the company<\/strong> \u2013 This is an easy one. You don\u2019t need to know the ins and outs in huge detail but if you get an interview sprinkling in a few acknowledgements of who they are shows you\u2019re prepared, and you\u2019ve gone a little beyond simply thinking how to answer questions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare for the favourites<\/strong> \u2013 Some questions are almost a certainty to come up. Why do you want the role? What makes you the right person for the job? Tell us a little about yourself? <\/em>You don\u2019t want an obviously scripted answer here, but you can prepare well enough to deliver the headlines in a clear, succinct way. Again, not only does it show them that you\u2019re a good candidate, but it shows you care enough to have thought about it and prepared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus Tip<\/strong> \u2013 Use available help<\/strong> \u2013 Most universities will have a careers centre. Give yourself enough time to seek their support. Can they look over your CV. Maybe even run through some interview questions with you. Take advantage of all that you can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these simple steps in place, you\u2019ll give yourself the best chance of selling yourself to the best of your abilities. There\u2019s absolutely no shame in a more suitable candidate getting a role over you, but not singing your own praises as well as you can is not what you want!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T.Brownlee@bham.ac.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dr Tom Brownlee Photo by\u202fCytonn Photography\u202fon\u202fUnsplash\u00a0 Over the last few weeks, I\u2019ve been involved in a number of interviews for students applying for placements in professional sport. The students have some guidance around applying for jobs and interview conduct and the majority interviewed excellently.  Despite this, there were still a handful of issues, which … Continue reading “Making the most of your opportunities\u00a0“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[58,193,194,192],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-employability","tag-interview","tag-job-application","tag-placement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/gsspp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}