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anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Help! I am trying to write a job application for a secondment position and it’s like pulling teeth. Haven’t written to selection criteria for years so am very rusty, and the procrastination is kicking in. So far have called Medicare and done other life admin, and the vacuuming is looking tempting.

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tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It sucks but if you look up the STAR method it will give you some structure. Then you can just fill in the blanks instead of writing things from scratch.

I also saved all my selection criteria responses in a master document so I could just roll them out for other applications since so many positions ask for the same thing

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- anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Thanks, that’s a good tip. I know I can do all the things, but somehow writing it down formally is difficult
  
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  - tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    It’s hard when you haven’t done it in a while. Once you enter Jobseeker Mode you get into a better rhythm and you start seeing things you do at work from the perspective of how it would look on your resume. It’s good to enter that mode occasionally to keep things up to date
    
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Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Put the selection criteria and some of your key words into chat gpt. Don’t use what it produces word for word, but let it help you build your application. I hadn’t written an application in 20+ years but it got me the position.

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- anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Oh, good idea. Chat gpt definitely writes better than me, lol. It’s been about that long between job applications for me, too. I’d like something different but there’s a lot of work involved in changing jobs and I’m very out of practice
  
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  - Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Its tough when we want something different but don’t have the self confidence or time to put yourself out there. I’m 4 months into a 6 month secondment. There is word that the PD is being rewritten to an ongoing position with more hours if I want it. If I can make that change, you can too!
    
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    anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m crossing everything for you!
    
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