Advice for applicants

For the past few days at work I've been busy (for about half an hour or so of every day) making multiple copies of people's applications and CVs for random executives who are doing some recruiting. Some humble tips from me to the general applying populus...

1) Please, for you own sake....USE CORRECT CAPITALS! I KNOW it's an online form from Seek or wherever, but for GOODNESS' SAKE, IT'S A JOB APPLICATION. In my mind, I immediately excluded you from the running for the job. (Though, I suppose to be fair, I am a bit of a nazi about these things.)

2) Don't put in irrelevant stuff. I think you can safely say that the fact that you were Class Captain in years 2, 4 and 5 is irrelevant, especially when you've worked 4-5 proper jobs since then. Also falling into that category is listing the course codes (e.g. LAWS5638) and your grades, without actually saying what the subject is (well...that is, unless someone assigns some lackey [i.e. a clerk] to log onto your faculty's website to research what subjects those codes correspond to. And you DEFINITELY won't get that if you don't use correct capitals!)

3) Finally, to the person who worked a few jobs for finance companies: they lost most of your application because it didn't print properly. The manager was about to chuck out the only one page they had of it, when I mentioned that what was on that page looked promising- then she went to find the rest of your application. Just goes to show that these things are TOTALLY ARBITRARY. (Oh, and you owe me one. Whoever you are.)