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In today's competitive job market, you might have an outstanding résumé, but unless it catches the employer's attention, it is unlikely that you will obtain an interview. That's where a well written application letter can make all the difference.

To develop a strong application letter, you must always remember that the sole purpose of your application is to market yourself as the best candidate for the position. Put yourself in the employer's shoes - think about what they are looking for in a candidate; and draft your letter accordingly. The best way to do that is to use your application letter to draw a clear connection between your skills, experience and knowledge and the employer's requirements.

A professional application letter consists of three sections; an introduction, a body and a conclusion.

Use the introduction to state your interest in the job and explain how you heard about it - from an advertisement, personal recommendation or other means.

The body is the longest part of the letter and should state your enthusiasm for the position as well as briefly explaining why the employer should read your résumé. This is the section where you draw the connection between your expertise and the employer's requirements and explain your points of difference from other applicants, promoting yourself as an excellent candidate and potential interviewee.

The concluding paragraph should request an interview and invite the employer to contact you if they would like any further information.

Application letters should have three, or at the most four paragraphs and generally be no longer than one page in length. An effective application letter should, above all, be professional. It should be typewritten, free of spelling and grammatical errors and have a positive, courteous tone.

With a well-written application letter and a professional résumé, applicants can be confident that when they attend their long-awaited interview, they will already have impressed their potential employer, significantly improving their chances of long-term career success.

Susan McGrath is Principal of Susan McGrath Consulting, an Australian management consulting, communication and training firm. Based on Australia’s Gold Coast, SMC has a global reach, with clients located both across Australia and internationally. SMC assists organisations to develop their people and their productivity, specialising in strategy and planning, communication, training, mentoring, organisational development and human resource management. Visit [http://www.mcgrathconsulting.net] for more information.

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An interviewer who conducted many interviews are able to detect various emotional tributes such as anxiety, bravado. Uncertainty or lack ofTrust looking at the body language of candidates. Be sure to take note of this.

Your handshake should be firm, but not as a vice. A dead fish handshake is definitely a No-No. The first handshake will determine your attitude about your company and your partner. It tells how it was keen to join the company.

Smile and be sure to have shaken a firm but warm hand, know their parts that are open and decisive.

Pay attention to your body languageto speak up if your interviewer does not give conflicting feelings and thoughts, your words if not the body language that spoke to you in the second show.

If you are offered a seat by the call, and accept graciously seated in a position to give your interview and a space. Never sit in front of him diagonally. Always thank the interviewer for the seat.

Look to the questions posed by the interviewer at all times.

Reply with tact and spirit, and try not to takeWhat could be asked.

Your invitation is watching you closely to see during this time when suddenly nervous or insecure.

eye contact with the interviewer to look at, but not, or move the view from one place to another. The eyes can tell a lot about your attitude toward the interviewer, and then you need frequent eye contact with your partner is not nearby, so do not look like you are trying your studyintwerviewer.

Always remember, a smile and a smile are different. The first tells of a person confident and decisive, and perhaps others around you or look embarrassed and uncertain, its judgments. Choose the first for you to give your interviewer the wrong impression of you.

While pointing to the question and answer segment, if there is a positive response or reply from the interviewer, or if Each finished the set, so they know I am a good listener. IntersectionYour arms is a no-no, as it makes you seem nervous and hostile to the interviewer.

Please note that you make small movements, like scratching themselves, adjusting the collar or touch your hair, etc.

Make your interviewer, you see better without them and always swings interviewer talking, not your chair or feet touch the ground.

Crossing your legs is fine, but not to have his foot on your showInterviewer.

The men who should cross their legs, the back of the knee over the other knee and place may not have the ankle on the thigh.

The first call shows that the obstinacy composure.

Remember this before and during the interview, your chances seem very promising to maximize the conversation.

Please do not shake hands with your interviewer with a handshake and thank them for speaking with a smile.

Finally, it is never to commentYour personal interviewer or other objects in the office.

Keep this is mind and in your interviews to have spent a lot easier.

Good luck!

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