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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 28508" data-attributes="member: 1">Thank you for the kind words and great questions!1.This is one of the biggest issues I see in applications and interviews, as well as something I personally struggled with, so you're definitely not alone in feeling this. Candidates sometimes feel they are being arrogant or fake if they start selling themselves because they're not used to talking about themselves or seeing themselves in a particular light.The truth is you're not being arrogant if you sell yourself; you're just being honest about your good traits. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being proud of your achievements because you've clearly worked hard to get to where you are today. It took some time to re-wire my thinking on this and it's a work in progress!The other thing to note is that if you don't sell yourself in an interview, no-one else will do it for you. That means a recruiter may not be able to grasp how impressive you actually are and may feel you don't 'stand out', only because you were too conscious of how it might come across.Now, to answer your question as to how you go about selling yourself, I'd start by noting that it's not generally about how impressive your experiences are, it's about the way you pitch them. If you're in a position to secure more experiences, that's great; at same time, many candidates dismiss the experiences they have already, when often they are very impressive.To do this, I'd go through each of your experiences and tease out the most important achievements/highlights within that experience. Often candidates think too narrowly here. For example, if you worked at McDonalds, you might think: How did I manage the pressure of dealing with such a high volume of customers? How did I communicate with the rest of my team? What training did I provide to other team members? What feedback did I receive about my performance?Here, you want to show, rather than tell. This means rather than simply stating in an application or interview: 'I developed leadership, teamworking and communication skills', you want to show how you developed these skills by discussing exactly what you were doing within an experience. The more specific you can be, the easier it is to prove that you demonstrated a particular competency, as well as highlight how impressive an experience is. Likewise, if it's appropriate, try to quantify what you did.There are also differences with how you sell in an application and interview. In an application, I'd concentrate on being extremely concise and making sure each of your examples is packed with specific, relevant detail (rather than waffle). In an interview, it's more important to think about the way you sell your story - happy to expand on this if you need me to.2.In terms of making the most of LinkedIn, it really depends on what you wish to use it for. What did you have in mind here?</blockquote>

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