A careers coach has told people who want to stand out in a job interview there's one thing many people don't even think about doing which could help you make a great impression.
When doing your job application, you could be contending with a field of dozens, perhaps even hundreds of fellow applicants all trying to get that one position.
If you're fortunate enough to make it to the interview stage for a job you'll still be jostling with plenty of people for that one spot so you need to know how to stand out.
There's plenty of preparation you can do on questions you could be expected to answer, and what questions you yourself ought to ask if you want the best chance of getting a role.
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However, there's every chance that the people you're jostling for a job with have also been doing their preparation and will step into that employment thunderdome having learned the same tricks and techniques as you.
Should that be the case, then careers coach Louise might have something which could help you stand out, even if everyone is putting their best foot forward.
Posting on TikTok, she explained that there's something you can do which might help you stick out that little bit extra and make a prospective employer take a chance on you.
She said there was something lots of applicants 'don't think about or don't bother to do', which can help your chances, and that's to 'send a follow up email to say thank you'.
"Here's what you're not gonna do, you're not gonna just send it and say 'thank you, it's great to meet you I'm really excited about the job,'" Louise told her followers, and said how they should try it.
"That is generic and we don't want generic, hiring managers are looking for specificity, they are looking for the one perfect candidate for their one job.
"Your job is to show them that you are the one candidate for that one job."
As for how to do that, she explained that you should send a follow-up email that got to the point quickly saying thank you for the interview opportunity and saying how excited about the job you are.
She said you should then say you 'genuinely believe that I am the right candidate because' and then said this was the time to list your reasons.
While this might have been covered in the interview, the careers coach said a 'recap of why you are the best person for the job' would really help.
She added: "Then you're going to say this, 'from my conversation at the interview it's clear that one of your company's biggest opportunities or challenges or threats is this, and my experience and expertise coupled with my skills in x, y and z puts me in a really good position to help support you with that.'"
To finish things off, she said you should ask if they had any follow-up questions for you and say that you'd 'love to stay in touch' as a message like that would show you've really thought about the job, the company and what you could bring to it.
Remember, it's all about the follow-up email and being specific with what you're asking.
Joe Harker