If all your job applications end at the interview stage, perhaps you should consider an interview skills course. When you’re looking for a job, it can be very disheartening when you’re rejected time after time and you’re not entirely sure why. It could be for a variety of reasons, from your CV to your interview. This is why it is often helpful and constructive to have someone outside of yourself and any company that you might want to work for to look at what you can do to make you more employable.

Your CV

Keeping your CV up to date and accurate is only half of what makes a good CV. Sending out the same generic CV to everyone will get you nowhere, your CV should be tailored to the job you’re applying for. For example, compare the job description against your CV and see how many of the criteria you can spot on your CV. If there are irrelevant skills on it, change them to the skills that you have that are relevant. Knowing how to tweak your CV to the specific job description, as well as the company, can work wonders for your employability.

The Interview

The interview part of the recruitment process is among the most nerve-wracking. However, while some nerves are good, it shouldn’t hinder your performance in an interview, in fact, it should enhance it. This is why practice, role play, and understanding the interview process can help you to improve your interview technique. A skills course will help you with planning and preparation methods, as well as how to behave during the interview itself. For example, you might be taught that appearance can make a huge difference to the impression that your interviewer will get, but that it will also make a difference to how confident you feel. The planning and preparation methods that you use to research the company you want to work for can also mean that you feel more confident, and convey to your potential employer that you are interested in the job.

A skills course will also mean that you can practice your new found interview skills and get help from experts on how to hone your techniques.

The Development Company

The Development Company Limited is a company that provides these sorts of resources that help you get the job that you want. They also provide courses for personal and professional development once you are in the industry that you love, so you can be the best that you can be, from assertiveness skills to time management. They tailor the course to you and your needs so you’re always learning new ways to improve your skills, and the practical element means that you’re able to practice these skills under the watchful and helpful eye of experts.

So whether you’re in your job and you want to improve your skills or you’re struggling to get employed, a skills course may be the answer for you.

This is a guest post for TheEmployable