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Discovery

To start, please tell us about yourself, your short and make sure that your grammar and spelling
organization, and the areas or fields you recruit
for. is correct.
The Discovery Health Recruitment Team: Adele,
What are the top three skills you believe are
Jody and Donne. Our recruitment philosophy, where
essential for recent graduates to succeed in
possible, is to recruit talent into the organization today’s job market?
through our call centre. Once you have Discovery Soft skills are important. Be mindful of EQ; setting
experience (culture, product, and skill), you can grow priorities; managing expectations, honesty;
your career with the help of mentorship programmes commitment; being goal driven and staying
and training. Even our top managers started out in motivated.
the call centre.
Discovery’s core purpose is to make people What advice would you give students to help
healthier. them improve their chances of getting hired?
Positions available: Contact Centre Consultant All correspondence with the prospective employer/
(Customer Services), Pre-Authorisation Consultant recruiter must be professional (no abbreviations and
(Human Movement Science, Nursing, Pharmacy etc.) slang), even when using whatsapp.
Be careful what you post on social media. Employers
and recruiters do cyber stalk.
What common mistakes do recent graduates If you know you’ve applied for a position, keep an
make on their CV’s or during interviews?
A CV is not a story. Duties should be bullet points. eye on your mails and answer your phone.
Don’t leave gaps in the CV and give reasons for
How important are soft skills, such as
leaving. This helps the recruiter understand why you communication and teamwork, for recent
left e.g. holiday job, prevents the impression of job graduates in your organisation?
hopping. Essential, your cv and qualifications gets you your
Some graduates expect to walk into senior roles interview, but your soft skills get you the job and
once they complete their degree. A good career is your ability to work in a team helps you get a perm
built on a strong foundation (experience). Let the role after the internship ends/grow within the
interviewer know that you have ambition, but you are company.
willing to put in the work to get there.
Also, when applying for roles you need to do How important are extracurricular activities and
leadership roles in assessing a recent graduate’s
research on the company and understand the
employability?
position. Often applicants don’t know what the Volunteer work and extracurricular activities helps
position entails.
your application stand out and tells a lot about you.
This is important when you don’t have a lot of work
How can graduates make their CV’s and cover
letters stand out to you? experience. It sets you apart from the other grads
Find what sets you a part and bring your flair. Keep it that have not done more than what is required.

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