Help with application form

thepurplegoldfish

Hi All

I'm in the middle of filling in an application form for Stagecoach (buses) and I'm trying to fill in the section " please state briefly why you are applying for this position. Describe how your past experiences may be helpful to your application."

I know this sounds like a very easy part to fill in but I really want to sell myself because I really need this job and I don't want to give them any reason for not employing me because I didn't word it right and mark out how my experiences can be reused in this new role.

I can only imagine some of the 'reasons' they get listed for why do you want this job (feel free to speculate).

Can anyone help?

My Previous Experiences are working as a supervisor for Superdrug and Customer Service Rep for Orange.

dmliverpool

Its a chance to comment on all the things that you have enjoyed and accomplished in a readable format which also covers how there are transferrable to this job. Its should ideally about your strengths.

Sambucus_Nigra

You take each of the skills and experiences in the 'essential' box, or anything else they tell you is part of the job role; and do this:

Teamwork: I am a team player and take the role of X within a team. I have worked as part of a team in many of my past roles including yada and yada and have achieved X and Y, increasing Z and reducing M within the team structure. In the role of ork, our team went from zero to hero in N months, and we achieved that by utilising many of my strengths including wahey and wahoo.

thepurplegoldfish

TY.

All Done now. Just gotta keep my fingers crossed.