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Avoid Your CV Always Ending Up in the Bin >Cover Letters must grab the reader's interest so that they immediately want to learn more about the writer (you).Your cover letter is generally the first document those potential employers will read. So your job is to make sure it introduces you effectively and positively.The 5 Best ways to make sure your CV or resume does get thrown aside: • You don't include a powerful cover letter• The same cover letter was photocopied or obviously used for another job• The cover letter doesn't include all< Listen, we can all be guilty of this from time to time. Think about it. Isn't a lot easier and more comfortable to rationalise someone's actions and bring some sort of meaning to their behaviours. The twist is that it is also human nature to get our backs up when somebody does exact These values drive our belief system which, in turn, influence our behaviours and actions. Having a set of values is great. What's not so great is when we cannot accept a differing set of values belonging to someone else. Take a moment, think of your team members or others with whom you are in regular contact. Have there been occasions when you haven't quite understood or totally disagreed with their views or their behaviour? what was your immediate reaction? Did you seek clarification, did you try to understand, or did you assume, based on your values and beliefs, that their behaviour was due to................? The danger with this assumption, any assumption, is that it can lead to bad feeling, resentment, even hostility when we start to voice these assumptions, these attributes that we have decided to give someone. Listen, we can all be guilty of this from time to time. Think about it. Isn't a lot easier and more comfortable to rationalise someone's actions and bring some sort of meaning to their behaviours. The twist is that it is also human nature to get our backs up when somebody does exactl These values drive our belief system which, in turn, influence our behaviours and actions. Having a set of values is great. What's not so great is when we cannot accept a differing set of values belonging to someone else. Take a moment, think of your team members or others with whom you are in regular contact. Have there been occasions when you haven't quite understood or totally disagreed with their views or their behaviour? what was your immediate reaction? Did you seek clarification, did you try to understand, or did you assume, based on your values and beliefs, that their behaviour was due to................? The danger with this assumption, any assumption, is that it can lead to bad feeling, resentment, even hostility when we start to voice these assumptions, these attributes that we have decided to give someone. Listen, we can all be guilty of this from time to time. Think about it. Isn't a lot easier and more comfortable to rationalise someone's actions and bring some sort of meaning to their behaviours. The twist is that it is also human nature to get our backs up when somebody does exact what was your immediate reaction? Did you seek clarification, did you try to understand, or did you assume, based on your values and beliefs, that their behaviour was due to................? The danger with this assumption, any assumption, is that it can lead to bad feeling, resentment, even hostility when we start to voice these assumptions, these attributes that we have decided to give someone. Listen, we can all be guilty of this from time to time. Think about it. Isn't a lot easier and more comfortable to rationalise someone's actions and bring some sort of meaning to their behaviours. The twist is that it is also human nature to get our backs up when somebody does exact The danger with this assumption, any assumption, is that it can lead to bad feeling, resentment, even hostility when we start to voice these assumptions, these attributes that we have decided to give someone. Listen, we can all be guilty of this from time to time. Think about it. Isn't a lot easier and more comfortable to rationalise someone's actions and bring some sort of meaning to their behaviours. The twist is that it is also human nature to get our backs up when somebody does exact Listen, we can all be guilty of this from time to time. Think about it. Isn't a lot easier and more comfortable to rationalise someone's actions and bring some sort of meaning to their behaviours. The twist is that it is also human nature to get our backs up when somebody does exactly the same to us... The harsh reality is that this behaviour, assuming that which is not true, is an excuse for not making the effort, for not working at understanding, for not seeking the real explanation. Now, this is bad enough if left unchecked within the team. Unfortunately, there can also be a tendency to make assumptions about individuals, even groups outside the team. Why is this a problem? Bottom line? It will almost definitely lead to the wrong decisions being made, reaching conclusions and developing actions which are certain to deliver less than favourable results. What's a team leader to do? Well, by now, y
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