As of: March 23, 2024, 8:56 a.m
By: Marco Blanco Ucles
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Challenging requirement profiles deter many people from applying.
Often unfounded, as applicants can often avoid these hurdles.
Finding a job can be an excruciatingly complicated process.
Most people are familiar with the situation: They have finally found a suitable position, but then do not meet the company's complete requirements profile for the advertised position.
This scares many people away - wrongly, explains the job portal
Indeed: “
Basically, you don't have to fulfill every single point.
If you meet around two thirds of the desired criteria, it is worth applying.” Other applicants, however, have problems with the fact that they are even overqualified for a position.
Finding the right job is not easy - also due to extremely demanding requirement profiles.
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Requirements profile: Differences between optional and mandatory requirements
Indeed further explains that the detailed requirements profiles only serve to weed out completely unsuitable candidates in advance so that the number of applications does not become overwhelming.
Before you consider whether an application is suitable for a particular position, you should be honest with yourself about which requirements are met and which are not.
A distinction is often made between optional and mandatory requirements.
While mandatory requirements are often school qualifications, professional experience or foreign languages, optional requirements are usually soft skills such as the ability to work in a team or strong communication skills.
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In their job advertisements, companies often require that applicants already know specific systems.
If you don't do that, it doesn't have to be an exclusion criterion, emphasizes the job portal
Kununu.com
: "Solve the problem before it becomes one." What this means is that you should state in your application that you are dealing with this has not yet gained any experience with a specific program, but has already used comparable programs and can generally familiarize himself with new systems quickly.
In addition, it is generally well received by companies if you signal your willingness to learn in your application.
Therefore, you should immediately emphasize your openness to seminars and further training in your letter, advises
Indeed.
It's also about you
Highlight your soft skills - which are playing an increasingly important role in today's working world.
You can also score points with an interestingly worded, individual application in which you specifically address the company's values and goals.