WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION?

THE COVER LETTER

  1. Please include your contact details. Address how your knowledge and experience relates to each of the Key Selection/ Skills Criteria listed in the Position Description.

  2. If you fail to do this your application may not be considered.

  3. If you do not have relevant knowledge or experience relating to a specific Key Skill simply say this and address the others as best you can.


SAMPLE KEY SKILLS CRITERIA AND ANSWERS

Demonstrated experience in tenancy management of private, public or community housing rental properties or similar experience:

During my two years as office manager at XXX Sales and my time with XX Realty one of my key responsibilities was looking after the rental role.  This included all aspects of property management from tenant selection, advertising, administering tenancy agreements, property inspections, ensuring property maintenance was carried out in a timely and effective manner, tenancy disputes, termination of tenancy and administering accounts for rents payable and received and chasing up overdue rent. 

Minimum 3 years experience in a similar role in medium density residential construction:

I have been supervising the construction of residential dwellings for over thirty years for my own company; XX Constructions and working for XXY Building Division. These have been a mixture of individual homes and medium density developments, ranging from dual occupancy up to eight units. In the mid eighties I worked on housing estates with over twenty homes under construction at the same time, and at peak times myself and another supervisor would hand over three houses per week. During the nineties and up until now, I have supervised dozens of unit developments, mainly in the northern suburbs, ranging from small single storey units to 280 square meters two storey town houses.

THE RESUME

Please ensure you include:

  1. Your education/ qualifications;

  2. Any professional organisations of which you are a member; 

  3. Work history including a brief summary of responsibilities;

  4. Any particular achievements you wish to highlight from your work history;

  5. andReferee contact details (minimum of 2 previous managers/supervisors)