12 Making Applications APPLYING TO UNIVERSITY Producing a ‘Personal Statement’ APPLYING FOR A JOB Because of the increase in the number of websites and the increasing popularity and ease of e-mail, applying for a job has changed over the past few years. Most employers will Some students are now being asked to produce a personal statement as part of their application to university. This should be single spaced on one side of A4 paper. Two thirds of it should be about you, your qualifications and experi- ences and one third should give your reasons for studying a particular course. This should include the career you wish to follow as it will presumably be related to the course you hope to study. Part of this can be used when writing a ‘profile’ for your CV (see page 150). In both the personal statement and the profile you need to ‘sell yourself’. How- ever, while you shouldn’t be too modest, it is important not to go ‘over the top’. During their final year of secondary schooling A-level students will start to think seriously about their future careers. Many of them will be applying to university. 148