What's more, they'll all have about the same level or skills as you. After all, if they didn't have the skills or experience, they probably wouldn't be applying for the job! So saying you have been a welder for 5 years means nothing when compared to someone who has 10 years experience.
So - here's how to take a common skill that nearly everyone lists in their applications and polish it into a powerful reason to hire you.
Consider for a moment, the phrase: "I'm good with people". - Nearly anyone applying for a job that deals with customers plasters this phrase into their application. If you say this in your application then the odds are very strong that you will become the 134th person in a row that's 'good with people.'
Not very powerful is it? Instead, why not try something like this:
I have the skills necessary to keep your customers coming back, week after week, year after year - and they will be telling their friends all about your business for the RIGHT reasons.
The truth is, you can say exactly that. It's exactly the same as saying "I am good with people". I have simply stated it much more powerfully.
And here's the best part: every business owner on the planet wants their customers to come back to their business again and again and tell all their friends too. Should be much easier to get that interview now, don't you think?
What if you're low on experience for a job?
Surely that can't be turned into a great reason to hire you? Sure it can. Try: "I'm not stuck in my ways of doing things, so it won't cost you valuable time and money to retrain me" and "train me to do things YOUR way right from the start". Get the idea?
To apply this concept yourself, simply take any skill or experience you have and try to figure out how you can use it to make or save money for your potential employer (of if not money, whatever it is that they want/need). Once you figure it out, you're heading in the right direction.
In closing, remember to try to make it as easy as you can for employers to understand what you can do for them. That's 99% of the battle!
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