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Be a STAR!
Being able to showcase your skills is vital if you want to prove your flexibility and adaptability – it makes you highly attractive to potential recruiters.
The STAR technique below demonstrates, brilliantly, how to present any setbacks you may have faced as part of a story you can tell with confidence and conviction!
| Step | What to do | Example |
| S – Situation | Define what happened and your position | “I left my old job to start up my own business, but just as I was about to begin, the funding fell through and the business folded.” |
| T – Task | Identify what you needed to do | “I needed to find new work quickly to make ends meet, but I didn’t want to take a step backwards in my career.” |
| A – Action | Describe what you did to fix things | “I took on a temporary job that wasn’t in the right area and used my free time to get more training in technical skills, as this is where my real interest lies.” |
| R – Result | Show what you achieved | “I was then able to apply for jobs that required more technical expertise and I’m now working my way back up the ladder in the right field.” |
Be the STAR in your own movie and never listen to anyone who says you can’t do it!!