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A cover letter should be brief, three to four paragraphs of 4 - 6 lines each maximum. Not more than 3/4 of a page anyway.
And, your Cover Letter should be as targeted as possible to the position for which you are applying.
Of course you can have one you can modify. But adapt it, don’t make one for all potential applications.
Contents for the cover letter should focus on the most relevant parts of your background that relate to the job opening.
Some try to squeeze too much and this makes the cover letter difficult too understand, some make it way too long.
In the Cover Letter section, describe how your experience, qualifications and competencies match the position for which you are applying.
Try to have 4 sections in 4 paragraphs:
One. Where you express your interest for the job and give the most relevant reason for you being the best candidate.
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Friday, October 16, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - Applying for a Job
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You can freely apply on Inspira to as many jobs as you feel qualified. Even for the jobs where you need to be on the roster to apply. You will get a warning, but you can apply.
Of course you have chances if you match the profile and if you respect the rules, but the system is not restricting you.
Once you identified an interesting job, you can open the job opening, review it and start the application process.
You will submit your complete profile and application with the cover letter to apply for a job. And, we have seen how this works.
There are to alternative to submit your application depending the application form version that you want to use.
If you want to use the latest version of your saved application, fro the job opening click on the Apply Now link, and you will be redirected to your latest application, after the login step.
You can use this and modify for your new application without problems. You will have new pre-screening questions and to update your Cover Letter.
Now, you might have different applications created and saved, and you want to choose one specific draft to fit one specific category.This you can do from the Inspira Careers Home Page - Applications. (...)
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You can freely apply on Inspira to as many jobs as you feel qualified. Even for the jobs where you need to be on the roster to apply. You will get a warning, but you can apply.
Of course you have chances if you match the profile and if you respect the rules, but the system is not restricting you.
Once you identified an interesting job, you can open the job opening, review it and start the application process.
You will submit your complete profile and application with the cover letter to apply for a job. And, we have seen how this works.
There are to alternative to submit your application depending the application form version that you want to use.
If you want to use the latest version of your saved application, fro the job opening click on the Apply Now link, and you will be redirected to your latest application, after the login step.
You can use this and modify for your new application without problems. You will have new pre-screening questions and to update your Cover Letter.
Now, you might have different applications created and saved, and you want to choose one specific draft to fit one specific category.This you can do from the Inspira Careers Home Page - Applications. (...)
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - Manage Your Applications
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Managing your application is not at all complicated in Inspira. You just go to the Careers Home Page and you choose a view to expand or shrink the list you work with. And, if it’s a sent application basically follow status.
Nevertheless, I would spend some time on Managing multiple draft applications, Withdrawing an application and withdrawing yourself from a roster. But also Placing your Roster Status on Hold.
You can use, in Inspira, multiple drafts for multiple categories of jobs without applying immediately. You will be in this way prepared for different types of job openings, to ensure that you have precise and effective applications.
You will find your draft applications in the list of Applications, sometime hidden 3 month before in the list. So you need a bit of patience here.
If this is linked to an application. It’s easier to find. If not and you have more it might be confusing to choose between 12 drafts, named No Job.
After you choose one application continue as we have seen together in the previous video lessons. Delete draft applications that you don’t use.
To withdraw from a job application you are using the same Careers Home Page - Applications and click on Withdraw my application.
I’ve seen cases when people clicked on this by mistake, said yes by habit and they could not apply again for that job. So, if you click on it mean it. If it’s by mistake, don’t confirm. (...)
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Managing your application is not at all complicated in Inspira. You just go to the Careers Home Page and you choose a view to expand or shrink the list you work with. And, if it’s a sent application basically follow status.
Nevertheless, I would spend some time on Managing multiple draft applications, Withdrawing an application and withdrawing yourself from a roster. But also Placing your Roster Status on Hold.
You can use, in Inspira, multiple drafts for multiple categories of jobs without applying immediately. You will be in this way prepared for different types of job openings, to ensure that you have precise and effective applications.
You will find your draft applications in the list of Applications, sometime hidden 3 month before in the list. So you need a bit of patience here.
If this is linked to an application. It’s easier to find. If not and you have more it might be confusing to choose between 12 drafts, named No Job.
After you choose one application continue as we have seen together in the previous video lessons. Delete draft applications that you don’t use.
To withdraw from a job application you are using the same Careers Home Page - Applications and click on Withdraw my application.
I’ve seen cases when people clicked on this by mistake, said yes by habit and they could not apply again for that job. So, if you click on it mean it. If it’s by mistake, don’t confirm. (...)
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Monday, September 28, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - Undergoing Assessments
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Once an applicant passes pre-screening his application is sent to the Hiring Manager on a daily basis within the posting period. Roster applicants who are interested by the position and apply, are sent as a priority to the Hiring Manager.
This means that a preliminary evaluation of the applicants may be conducted while the job opening is still active. But, only after the expiration of the deadline assessments can be conducted by the Hiring Manager with the assessment panel.
The best candidates will be invited for a Competency Based Interview. And, this assessment will aim to determine which candidates meet the technical requirements and competencies for the job opening.
The Hiring Manager will have the responsibility to choose the most appropriate methods to measure knowledge and experience for the position. Roster applicants will be considered immediately for a position. They might have a discussion with the hiring manager. But rostered applicants can get the job quickly.
It might be that more suitable roster applicants will be recommended for the position at this stage and they will need to go to the Competency Based Interview. And, since all all the job openings are urgent, rostered applicants, will be selected as soon as possible, if the job is advertised for “rostered applicants”.
As said before, if you are not on a roster you can still apply but chances are minimal. So, best in this case is to apply for positions that will put you on different rosters that interest you. If you pass this assessment you will go to the next phase, the CBI. And, at least an assessment, a CBI if not both will be organized.
In the next lessons we are going to discuss about the evaluation of applicants, the assessment panel and assessment methods.
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Once an applicant passes pre-screening his application is sent to the Hiring Manager on a daily basis within the posting period. Roster applicants who are interested by the position and apply, are sent as a priority to the Hiring Manager.
This means that a preliminary evaluation of the applicants may be conducted while the job opening is still active. But, only after the expiration of the deadline assessments can be conducted by the Hiring Manager with the assessment panel.
The best candidates will be invited for a Competency Based Interview. And, this assessment will aim to determine which candidates meet the technical requirements and competencies for the job opening.
The Hiring Manager will have the responsibility to choose the most appropriate methods to measure knowledge and experience for the position. Roster applicants will be considered immediately for a position. They might have a discussion with the hiring manager. But rostered applicants can get the job quickly.
It might be that more suitable roster applicants will be recommended for the position at this stage and they will need to go to the Competency Based Interview. And, since all all the job openings are urgent, rostered applicants, will be selected as soon as possible, if the job is advertised for “rostered applicants”.
As said before, if you are not on a roster you can still apply but chances are minimal. So, best in this case is to apply for positions that will put you on different rosters that interest you. If you pass this assessment you will go to the next phase, the CBI. And, at least an assessment, a CBI if not both will be organized.
In the next lessons we are going to discuss about the evaluation of applicants, the assessment panel and assessment methods.
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - Evaluation of Applicants
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The evaluation of applicants is a process that follows common standards within UN Secretariat.
To ensure a fair and predictable selection process it is clearly established how evaluations, assessments and interviews are conducted and recorded.
Which doesn’t mean that you will not find now and then some recruiter asking you questions in an interview that are completely outside the CBI procedure.
It happens and if you prepare your assessments and interviews you will greatly improve your chances to ace every question.
To speed up the process, the hiring manager can start analyzing applications while the job opening it’s still active.
This means checking if the applicant meets all or most of the requirements against the evaluation criteria in terms of:
But, no assessment will start while the job opening it’s still active and the notification that all the eligible applicants are released to the Hiring Manager for evaluation.
During this preliminary evaluation each applicant will be reviewed and rated in the three before mentioned area: Academics, Experience, Language.
There is a template which allows a standard evaluation for all the applications, and next the most suitable applicants are invited to an assessment exercise by the Hiring Manager.
If you would meet the required qualifications but not the desired ones, you would still be on the long list, but only the candidates who fit also with the desirable qualifications will be on the short list.
The assessment might be in the form of:
- knowledge-based tests or other simulation exercise, and;
- competency-based interviews;
The assessment of applicants for positions involving significant functions in the management of financial, human and physical resources as well as information and communications technology shall also take into account the relevant criteria included in the job opening.
The Hiring Manager will keep records for the evaluation of applicants against the evaluation criteria with proper references to documents available.
The review should compare applicants against criteria not against one another.
Next, some words about the Assessment Panel. And after this we continue with the assessment methods.
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The evaluation of applicants is a process that follows common standards within UN Secretariat.
To ensure a fair and predictable selection process it is clearly established how evaluations, assessments and interviews are conducted and recorded.
Which doesn’t mean that you will not find now and then some recruiter asking you questions in an interview that are completely outside the CBI procedure.
It happens and if you prepare your assessments and interviews you will greatly improve your chances to ace every question.
To speed up the process, the hiring manager can start analyzing applications while the job opening it’s still active.
This means checking if the applicant meets all or most of the requirements against the evaluation criteria in terms of:
- Academics
- Experience
- Language.
But, no assessment will start while the job opening it’s still active and the notification that all the eligible applicants are released to the Hiring Manager for evaluation.
During this preliminary evaluation each applicant will be reviewed and rated in the three before mentioned area: Academics, Experience, Language.
There is a template which allows a standard evaluation for all the applications, and next the most suitable applicants are invited to an assessment exercise by the Hiring Manager.
If you would meet the required qualifications but not the desired ones, you would still be on the long list, but only the candidates who fit also with the desirable qualifications will be on the short list.
The assessment might be in the form of:
- knowledge-based tests or other simulation exercise, and;
- competency-based interviews;
The assessment of applicants for positions involving significant functions in the management of financial, human and physical resources as well as information and communications technology shall also take into account the relevant criteria included in the job opening.
The Hiring Manager will keep records for the evaluation of applicants against the evaluation criteria with proper references to documents available.
The review should compare applicants against criteria not against one another.
Next, some words about the Assessment Panel. And after this we continue with the assessment methods.
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Thursday, September 24, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - The Assessment Panel
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On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - Assessment Methods
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On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - Competency Based Interviews
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
Monday, September 21, 2015
United Nations Jobs Guide - Next steps
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On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
On completion of the United Nations Jobs Guide course you will be able to search, prepare and apply for United Nations jobs using
United Nations Careers Platform, and
Inspira Human Resources Gateway.
This course will not take you more than 3 hours to complete with video lectures, reading materials and practice; is based on the official "Manual for the Applicant on the Staff Selection System" (Inspira), version 3.0 and will also include preparation for
knowledge and skills assessments, and
competency based interviews.
Course structure:
Introduction to United Nations careers and jobs mapping;
United Nations Careers and Inspira;
The job application process;
Job openings in Inspira;
Evaluation criteria;
Pre-screening and eligibility rules;
Search, prepare and apply for job applications;
Assessments and interviews.
If you are looking for a job and you are interested in working for the United Nations, you will understand how job applications, assessments and interviews are evaluated and conducted, and you will get a great job.
Full Course: https://www.udemy.com/get-a-great-job-work-for-the-united-nations/?couponCode=PROMONOW
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