Managing People and Careers: Exploring Job Application Strategies

This assignment delves into the critical aspects of managing people and careers, focusing on the creation of effective job application documents. It provides detailed examples of a targeted cover letter, a competency-based job application, and a targeted Curriculum Vitae (CV). The assignment highlights the structure and purpose of cover letters, emphasizing their role in presenting a resume to potential employers and increasing the chances of securing an interview. It outlines the key components of a cover letter, including the header, salutation, body, closing, and signature. Furthermore, the assignment explores the format and content guidelines for a competency-based job application, emphasizing the importance of tailoring the application to the specific job requirements. It also provides insights into the structure and content of a targeted CV, including educational background, professional experience, and additional skills. The assignment aims to equip individuals with the knowledge and tools necessary to create compelling job application documents that showcase their skills and experience effectively.

MANAGING
PEOPLE AND
CAREER

INTRODUCTION
Managing people and career is not as similar as managing things or even like
managing projects. Every individual is unique and has competent capabilities and talents
along with strength and weakness (Greene and Kirton, 2015). Helping every individual to
attain their potential there is requirement of various motivational strategies and tactics. In this
report a brief description about the targeted cover letter is discussed along with the
competence based job application. In this report a brief discussion about the targeted
Curriculum Vitae is also mentioned.
Cover Letter:
Cover letter is a systematic document that is used while applying for job and it is sent with an
individual resume to provide competent skills and knowlegde along with experience. It is the
document that accompanies about an individual CV while applying for any job. This
document is having quite rigid structure and has the layout of the application letter. The main
purpose of the cover letter is to present the resume to the human resource personnel or the
recruiter. This document helps in increasing the chance of getting the job (Baruch, 2006).
Moreover, it helps in landing an individual to interview for the dream job that is wanted.
Cover letter consist of header, salutation, body, closing and signature. An appropriately
targeted cover letter is described below:
ERICA LIN
243 Hamilton Blvd.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45201 United Kingdom
(347 )123-5473
[e-mail]
Dec 8, 2018
Eric Hatcherson
Valley Tech, Inc.
3028 West 104 St,
Cleveland, OH, 44106
[phone]

[e-mail]
Dear Mr. Jackson,
I am extremely inspired by the Record Director job at Valley Tech. In the wake of
perusing the activity obligations, I trust my skill and experience position me as an ideal
possibility for this job. I have somewhere around ten years of involvement in deals and
counselling, demonstrating my capabilities and foundation.
I have worked in deals right off the bat in my profession, and am proficient in client
relationship the board, deals standard, distinguishing purchaser needs, and directing
quarterly reports. With this foundation, I am knowledgeable about drawing in new
customers, arranging understandings, and offering introductions to planned clients. I
ensured I gave amazing support of the best encounters for my customers. Also, my
compelling correspondence and transaction abilities have enabled me to bring home the
bacon with customers effectively, hitting quarterly shares and surpassing deals routinely.
As a past Specialist at Lawful Virtuoso, I have had encounter working with numerous
customers and activities without a moment's delay. It was my business to ensure I built
up a solid association with my customers, guaranteeing I comprehended their
requirements and could arrange any game plan. All the time, I deal with my customer
demands, plan new promoting procedures and proposition, and encourage
correspondence on my group. I have been prepared in understanding my customers and
their organizations extremely well, tending to their issues by proposing extraordinary and
inventive arrangements. My job as an Advisor has demonstrated my compelling verbal
and composed relational abilities with customers, capacity to keep up customer
connections, and capacity in producing viable arrangements on strict time-requirements.
With every one of the jobs I have held, I have created solid associations with my
customers and routinely surpassed shares. My goal-oriented mentality and devotion,
alongside my prepared business foundation, has enabled me to make it all work out
viably and deal with my customer connections extremely well. With my remarkable

aptitudes an affair, I am focused on bringing the best for Valley Tech.
Thank you for giving this opportunity and your time.I look forward to discussing this
further at an interview.
Sincerely,
Erica Lin
Competency-Based Job Application:
A vocation application letter is also known as introductory letter that is sent with
resume and CV while applying for employments. While resume offers a background marked
by work understanding and a diagram of an individual abilities.
The most effective method to Get Started
Before starting and composing the activity of application letter, do some preparation.
Think about what data is needed to incorporate (remembering that space is constrained).
Keep in mind, this letter is presenting a defence for appointment for the job position. Be that
as it may, an individual can improve the situation than simply disgorging the resume.
To incorporate the most persuading, pertinent subtleties in your letter, an individual
have to realize what the business needs. The greatest signs are inside the activity promotion,
so invest some energy unravelling the activity advertisement. Next, coordinate one’s own
capabilities with the business' needs and needs. Make a rundown of one’s own important
experience and aptitudes. For example, if the activity advertisement requires a solid pioneer,
consider instances of when an individual effectively driven a group.
Writing Guidelines for Job Application Letters
It is difficult to write job application in compare to email or droping any message to
friend. It is important to hire some competent interviews who have deep knowledge about
analysing any presentation of any letter along with its appereance.
Length: Job application letter should not be more than a single page.

Format and Page Margins: A job application letter should consists of single space and there
should space before starting a new paragraph.
Font: For writing job application letter font should be Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri
and The font size range should be 10-12.
What to Include in Each Section of the Letter
Heading: While writing any job application letter all the details that mainly invovles
employer's contact information like name, address, phone number, email, date should me
mentioned at the top.
Salutation: It includes formal greeting that includes Dear, Mr or Mrs.
Body of the letter: It is that part of job application letter in which main content is written in
order to share an individual experience, knowledge and skills.
Complimentary Close: It imainly includes a polite closing that includes Sincerly, Faithflly
etc with signature of an individual.
Following is brief example of competency-based job application:
Erica Lin
101 Made Up Road, Birmingham, B1 1AA
0044 121 638 3454, E: [e-mail]
Phillip Experts
Enlisting Chief
Daily job Ltd
120 Vyse Road
Birmingham
A85 6NF
8th December, 2018
Dear Sir,
I am writing this in order to express my deep enthusiasm for your opening for the
Records Administrator position which was promoted today on the www.dailyjob.com
site. Being a deals driven individual with an excited, efficient and devoted way to deal
with creating contracts and developing inbound leads, I believe I would be a perfect
possibility for this job. It gives off an impression of being one which won't just enable
me to flourish, however would likewise assist me with continuing building up my
officially significant deals and administrative capacities. As an inspired and driven

bookkeeping proficient, I trust that my degree in bookkeeping and my important work
encounter make me a meriting contender for this position. I have connected a resume
that diagrams my work history and my abilities.
It would be ideal if you enable me to feature my aptitudes that identify with your
necessities for the activity.
• Trained in speculation bookkeeping strategies and financial balance compromise
• Full organization of records receivable and creditor liabilities
• Understanding of money related and commission proclamation designs
• Adept at performing accounts related diary passages
• Proficient in MS Office with magnificent Excel aptitudes
My skill in making exact budgetary reports has dependably been complimented by my
educators and even my temporary job coach. I am sure that my submitted polished skill,
alongside my insight and abilities, would enable me to make an important commitment
to your organization.
I might want to talk about my abilities in detail and take in more about your desires. I
would welcome it in the event that you would offer me a possibility for a meeting at your
most helpful time and date. Kindly don't falter to call me whenever for additional data.
At present I have over five years involvement in dealing with an arrangement of records,
developing associations with key customers, and in effectively driving and persuading
different deals groups. Having a craving to surpass targets and an enthusiasm for deals,
my insight into record the executives is tremendous, and incorporates the capacity to not
just recognize and comprehend a customer's business objectives, however to likewise
create plans for every customer's improvement with the point of helping them to
accomplish their objectives.
Notwithstanding my solid business sharpness, I have a reputation of ensuring that
customers are held for the long haul by making commonly gainful connections. I have
solid introduction and arranging abilities, and have a notoriety for surpassing deals
targets, boosting customer reach, and building connections that are supported by solid
business introduction.
All things considered I feel that I would rapidly fit into your current affectionate and
capable group and help them accomplish the long haul objectives of your quickly
developing organization.
While my joined resume will give you a solid framework of my capacities, I feel that an
individual gathering between us would enable me to clarify in more prominent detail
how I can add to your association.
Much thanks to you for your time and thought.

Yours earnestly
Erica Lin
Targeted CV: A Curriculum Vitae is a short description of the person’s educational and
professional history. It is used when an individual wants to apply for job at interview to read
while waiting to be called in for phone applications.

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LATE COLLEGE ALUMNI WITH ENTRY LEVEL POSITION INVOLVEMENT WITH FORTUNE 500
ORGANIZATIONS. LOOKING TO USE EXCELLENT BOOKKEEPING APTITUDES AND
SCHOLARLY INFORMATION TO PICK UP THE PASSAGE LEVEL BOOKKEEPING POSITION AT
YOUR FIRM. COMMITTED, CAPABLE, AND THOROUGH INDIVIDUAL WITH THE ABILITY TO
GO PAST WHAT IS NORMAL AND ACCOMPLISH ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVES.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
North UK University
Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance, May 2016
 Business Administration
 Member of university’s Accounting Society
 Attended seminars on Advanced Accounting System sand Income Tax for
Corporations.
 GPA: 3.5 / 4.0
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Marriot International
Fargo, ND
Accounting Intern December 2016
 Helped oversee finance and the enlistment of representatives to Jobs and
Pensions benefit for our 150+ worker branch
 Reviewed, arranged, and issued bills and solicitations from over 300+
customers
 Assisted with approaching profit and active installments
 Organized documents, records, money, and money reciprocals to consent to
approach and strategy
Potter & Bukowski
Finance Intern May 2013
- July 2013
 Helped get ready organization charge and credit archives for 4% of our customer

base
 Analysed money related information to guarantee it was recorded and
accommodated
 Conducted specially appointed money related investigation under senior
bookkeeper supervision
 Assisted in day by day and week by week reviews of records, vouchers, and
statutory records
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
 QuickBooks confirmed
 Experienced with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
 Familiar with Gnu Cash, Quicken, and Zip Books programming
 Working capability in Spanish
 Native familiarity with German
APPLICATION FORM
 Why do you want to work for us?
I am applying for this post because, having studied the person specification and job
description, I believe that I am very well suited to the position. I have over five years
experience in a similar role, which I excelled in. I am fully aware of the requirements for this
role and believe that the skills and attributes I posses would be of extreme benefit to your
organisation. This was achieved through meticulous preparation, planning and organisation.
While working in your company I would be able to develop skills and competences that
would enable me to work in a good way. Your company gives me the responsibility to grow
and nurture with the future objectives of company.
 Tell us about a time you worked in a group to achieve an objective?
I have worked with different organizations so as to achieve the outcome which helped
me to gain the professional competences. I have worked for 5 years in this field with starting
my carrier from potter & Bukowski in which I have done my finance intern. This intern
helped me to be competent in the use of data base systems both in inputting and extracting
data. Here I develop the competencies that helped me to analyses the money related

information that would guarantee record and accommodation. After gaining the knowledge
here I got the chance to work with Marriott International which was again a accounting firm
here I got the chance to see and tackle oversee finance through which I was able to build and
grow my knowledge.
 Tell us about a time when you identified a new approach to solve a problem?
A good employee is one who is capable to learn new things and approaches so that
they are able to solve the problems that occurs while working in the organization. So once
while working for the company Marriott International I had to develop an approach that
helped in solving the problem. While working in the organization I discovered that most of
the staff got late and also leave to home late because the work that was allotted to them was
given late and at the starting of day employee's has to sit ideal. So I developed the plan that
work should be allotted to employee's one day prior to the office that helped in reducing the
hours of work and the work was done in effective manner.
 Tell us about a time when you had to manage a number of different priorities and
complete a number of tasks in a short amount of time?
While working in the organization I have to tackle multiple conflicting priorities
where it can be difficult to know what is most important and urgent. My boss and I worked
out an important/urgent scale for rating tasks so that it is clear what takes the highest priority.
If something is both important and urgent, it gets highest priority. I used to manage different
task with not compromising with the quality this was done by doing one task on time and
another after it without wasting time on taking gaps. As a result, my overall productivity in
the past year has gone up considerably as bench marked against prior to using our
prioritization rating system
 Tell us about a project you worked on that required you to persuade others to
your point of view?
While working with the people in my previous job the accounting team was
continuing to work with the specific software that made their way of work rigid. The
department does not want to change the software as they were happy and does not have the
knowledge about the new software that was suggested by me. While my manager initially
objected to considering alternatives, I explained that It would help the company to work with
this software in a smoother way and would also enable multiple work at a same time. This

helped them to create a accounting techniques with the compliance to today's rules and
regulations. At last the final decision was on the manager of the company who thought that it
is a good idea to change the software. This helped them to save the extra cost that they were
having by using the old software.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the report that in order manage people and career it is important
to go through the cover letters, job applications and CV so that competencies of an individual
can be identified and managed well. It is also concluded that cover letter is a document that is
having quite rigid structure and has the layout of the application letter. The main objective of
the cover letter is to introduce and present the resume to the human resource personnel or the
recruiter.

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