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hey welcome back to my channel in
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today's video I will be diving deep into
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how to craft the perfect supporting
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statement yes yes yes and this is quite
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interesting because it's a Life review
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whether you're applying for a job or you
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want to apply for an opportunity that
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requires a personal statement I'm going
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to break it down step by step what makes
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a supporting statement standout I will
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go over some key tips and common
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mistakes to avoid as well as review of
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supportting statement live today so if
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make your supporting statement shine so
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whether you're working on a supporting
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statement or you just want to learn more
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on how to improve yours or help someone
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subscribe supporting statement can make
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or break your
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application yes indeed many candidates
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continue to make this mistakes and today
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I'm going to show you the mistakes and
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exactly how to fix them and watch till
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the end because at the end of this video
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you'll be able to write your supporting
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statement or review the one you have
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written with
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confidence yes yes yes yes yes and I
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have here a live supporting statement
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we're going to be doing a live review so
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keep watching and the five mistakes are
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five top mistakes are one not saering
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the supportting statement to the job
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description now this is just a big
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mistake
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the most people make their supporting
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statement too
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generic and hiring managers I tell you
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can spot copy and paste job
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instantly so instead of just making a
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generic tailor it to the job Ro and I'll
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show you what that means with this
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supporting statement on the
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screen now by the way if you want um to
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grab my free supporting uh statement
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checklist just check the description box
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below and then you can get the free
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supporting statement checklist now look
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at the first paragraph of this
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supporting statement remember in my
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previous video I told you that the first
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paragraph is key because it is the part
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that often get read so you can't afford
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putting your best St you can afford to
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just make the first paragraph with we at
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all until eat as much as possible to the
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job roll now this
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says I have always
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wanted I have always wanted to work in
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health care because I love helping
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people ever since I was young I have
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I've been passionate about caring for
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others and I believe I'm a good Feit for
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the role I worked in customer service
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before so I have good communication
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skills I and I'm a hardworking and
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dedicated person why this may sound nice
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it could have been better
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imagine writing it this way how about
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writing it this
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way so I have pasted it let me let me
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highlight it so that you can see
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it so instead of writing I've always
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wanted to work in healthcare you can see
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something like as an aspiring health
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care assistant I'm particularly drawn to
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this role at give the hospital name did
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you notice this personalization this is
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a customization you can't afford to miss
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out give the hospital name it just shows
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that this application is customized to
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that hospital and that doesn't mean that
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because it is customized to a particular
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Hospital you cannot use it for other
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Hospital you still can because the
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hospital name can easily be changed but
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it's important you tweak your
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application and make it look like you
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applying to that hospital instead of
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just making it generic that it doesn't
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catch anybody's attent
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attention so I'm as an aspiring health
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care assistant I am particularly drawn
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to this role at St Mary's Hospital d d
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Trust because of its focus on was
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patient centered care and
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multidisiplinary
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teamwork where did I get this from
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probably from the website of the
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hospital or from the the person
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specification or job description I get
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what is this hospital about if the trust
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is about let's say quality
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care then you say because it is focused
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on quality
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so my experience in customer facing role
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have have helped me develop strong
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communication skills which I'm eager to
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apply in a health care
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setting so instead of saying ever since
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I was young I was passionate about
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caring for others I believe I'm a good
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fit for the role be specific my
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experience in customer facing role has
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helped me develop strong communication
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skills and I'm got to utilize the skills
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so this is
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even this makes your application
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shine so let's take this one instead so
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that is what I mean by don't let your
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application be too generic
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okay and then two the second mistake
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that I have observe a lot of people
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making is not enough evidence
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okay not using the star technique and
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what do I mean by this I'll show you
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right here on the screen what I mean by
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this now if you look at this statement
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it says one time one time I helped the
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customer who was really upset and by the
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time they left they were
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happy this shows that I'm a I'm good at
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this shows that I'm good at problem
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solving I have also worked in different
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environment ments where team work was
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required and I also did my best to help
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my colleagues so you did your best to
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help your colleagues this sounds nice
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but it
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could it definitely can be better okay
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so I have
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Rewritten that bit that paragraph using
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the star technique and let me show it to
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you here so if I put this on and I'll
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highlight it just so you
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see so so instead of saying one time I
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helped a customer say in my previous
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role I assisted a distressed customer
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who was struggling to understand complex
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service process I calmly listened you're
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already indirectly telling them that you
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have good listening skills I reassured
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them and provided a stepbystep solution
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as a result the customer left satisfied
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and my manager praised my ability to
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remain composed Under Pressure these
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problem Sol this problem solving and
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communication skills are essential for a
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health care assistant when dealing with
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vulnerable
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patients now you see this clearly
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outshine the previous paragraph which
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just says one time I helped a customer
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because this uses what I call the star
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technique what is the star technique if
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you have listened to my previous video
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you should know what the star technique
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is star let me write it here St t a r
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star and S stands for what situation the
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T is for the task and a for result and
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um r for r for result a for action after
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for result rather some people even take
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away the task and and just say
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Sir this
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way which is even shorter and even
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better
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situation the situation what was the
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situation give a little background of
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what the situation was what was the
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situation it was in my previous role I
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assisted a distressed customer who was
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struggling to understand complex service
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process that that is the
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situation and what was your action s a r
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yeah what was your action your action
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was I listened calmly and reassured them
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and I listened cly reassured them
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provided a stepbystep solution that was
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your action and finally what was your
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result as a result the customer left
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satisfied and you can add the rest of
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the story my manager praised my ability
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and then rounding off by mentioning
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specific skills where have you gotten
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the skills from remember I said you must
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study the job not just the job
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description the person specification
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most
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importantly so you getting the skills
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required from the person specification
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because the job description is about the
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job job those kind of things you would
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do why the person's specification is
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about what kind of individual what is
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the IDE what should the ideal candidate
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be
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like that is what is contained in the
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person specification that is why you
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cannot afford to write a supporting
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statement without having um studied the
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person specification if you haven't
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looked at this person specification
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please don't even start to write you
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have to go look at the person
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specification
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moving on let's proceed the third
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mistake is failing to demonstrate impact
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or measurable
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impact failing to demonstrate me
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measurable impact and let me highlight
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this let me highlight this so you
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understand what I'm trying to say say
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Okay
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um so this statement
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says I have a lot of experience working
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with people I believe this will help me
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in this role I understand that patient
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care is important and I'll do my best to
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help patient feel
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comfortable which is nice but it does
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not quantify if you want to take your
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application to even the next level
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people that quantify their application
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just it just makes it stand out it makes
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it shine let me show you what I mean so
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I will paste another paragraph to
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replace that paragraph so you would see
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what I mean
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exactly so
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let's remove this highlights so you'll
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only see this one highlighted so instead
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of I have lots of experience working
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with people in my previous role I manage
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an average of 50 customer interactions
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daily what have you noticed there that
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word 50 customer interaction 50 the
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number just shows that you are able to
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quantify what you have done in the past
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people that are able to quantify the
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things they have done in the past just
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stand they stand out automatically your
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application will stand out because your
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supporting statement is like your
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representative of of some
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sort is there to speak for you in your
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absence you're not there to explain
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you're not there to give you know
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further details but your supporting
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statement will stand for you and will
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speak for you so this is what
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differentiates supporting statement that
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are being kept aside and those that are
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been read those that shine I manage an
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average of 50 customer interactions
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daily ensuring
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95% post POS feedback scores these
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experiences have strengthened my ability
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to communicate effectively a skill that
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is crucial when providing reassurance
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and support to patient in a clinical
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setting how about that how about that
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compared to the previous statement that
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just says I have lots of experience
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working with people I believe um this
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will help me in this role and I
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understand patient care is important
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definitely you can tell that the the
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paragraph I just added shines through
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shines better so let's delete this one
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and retain this one
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instead now the fourth mistake number
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four that I see people making is just
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not using keywords what do I mean by
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keywords NHS keywords are like
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read the statement for instance this
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person was trying to use the keyword but
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it wasn't just enough it was it was was
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too short he said I'm familiar with
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infection control and I know how to work
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in a fastpac
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environment nice however it can be
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better it can definitely be better and
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if I let me show you what I mean by a
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better version
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so look at this let's embolden it so you
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can see it
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better
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okay so instead of that um short
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statement if you're right I'm highly
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knowledgeable in infection prevention
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and control I understand the importance
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of safe guarding vulnerable patients I
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have I have experience in working under
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NHS guidelines and ensuring the highest
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standard of patient safety and dignity
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at all times it's a much more put
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together and
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structured um statement than the
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previous one
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clearly so let's delete and retain the
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better version of it so this is how you
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you start to make your supporting
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statement beautiful you start to make it
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shine through because once he there and
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there are so many supporting statements
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look look at only those that shine
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through will be selected I did mention
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to you that the last um uh advert I did
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for just four candidates I received 61
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application imagine reading through 61
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applications if yours is generic there's
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nothing special it doesn't shine through
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in any way it would just be put aside
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that is why your supporting statement in
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your absence needs to be outstanding
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because you don't get the opportunity to
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give any extra detail you're not even
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there when the selection or short list
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during the short listing process and if
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you don't get shortlisted then what have
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you done you don't even stand a chance
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that is why you cannot afford to play
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with this section just this whole um
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writing and outstanding supporting
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statement so if you're writing a
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supporting statement you want to review
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your supporting statement you want to
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share with someone you want to help
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someone write supporting statement below
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is our supporting statement bundle that
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you can download if you have finished
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writing yours you can also click the
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link below to check out the free
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supporting statement checklist so you
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can be sure that you have put in all of
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this bits after talked about this you
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have avoided all of the mistakes put in
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all you have put there is a checklist
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that that just walks you through and
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said says have you done this this this
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and this quite important and it's
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free now the last um statement
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says I'm excited about the opportunity
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to work in this hospital and I hope you
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will consider my application this I
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believe is a sort of conclusion for this
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person however it's just it doesn't just
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have enough depth it doesn't stand out
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in any way it's not a clear conclusion
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it a clear conclusion should summarize
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what you have written above it should
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summarize your
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strengths it should be that last you
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know that last um bullet that just hits
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the
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target okay so let's let's um rephrase
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it by using
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this okay look at this it says I'm eager
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to contribute to the outstanding patient
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care at St Mary's Hospital whatever
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Hospital you applying for you must
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include the hospital name it is a good
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practice to in include the hospital name
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because that tells the hiring manager
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that you wrote this application specific
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to this Hospital you want this role
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that's the pre you place a premium
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that's the importance you place about
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the role and the trust you're applying
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to so if you just send one generic thing
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it's just obvious that you are just
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spreading
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application um like bullets across all
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hospitals so your application will not
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even be outstanding you get too many
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rejections so if you have been getting
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rejections now you know why okay now
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customize it summarize it in your
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conclusion and include the hospital name
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with my experience in customer service
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my ability to communicate effectively
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and understanding of NHS value such as
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dignity and respect I'm confident in my
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ability to support both patients and
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healthc Care
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Professionals I would welcome the
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opportunity to bring my skills to your
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team and discuss how I can add Val Val
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to your
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department this is a much much better um
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conclusion than this short statement
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just saying I'm excited about the
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opportunity to work in your hospital and
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I hope you will con consider my um
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application now you didn't even write
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the hospital name it's just a generic
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application that you have been spreading
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all around and getting rejections so
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start to beef up
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your um supporting statement make it
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outstanding that when you apply at least
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in every five application you should get
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one interview
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invite that is where I'm trying to take
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you
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to and then you just conclude by saying
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I look forward to the opportunity you
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know of being invited to an interview
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and and that's that is mainly how you
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structure and format your supporting
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statement Ure that you put in everything
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since you're not given the opportunity
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to explain further make sure that the
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first paragraph has enough make sure the
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first paragraph is a good summary of
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your best stuff of your skills the
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skills that align with what the person
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specification I have said this over and
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over again because it cannot be
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overemphasized and then make sure the
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conclusion is also beautiful because if
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even if nothing is read the first
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paragraph will definitely is the bit
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that gets read and more um and last
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paragraph most
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