Online Application – Tips on what to include in the profile box

When you use our online application service you are building your digital CV. This profile is the first information a pub company or brewery will receive on you. Use this platform to stand out from the crowd and really showcase your skills, experience and personal information. We want to give you some tips on how to structure this profile to give you a strong foundation when making an application.

• Include your last 3 years’ work experience as a minimum, tell us about your previous positions, what styles of pub you have operated, your key responsibilities, your specialist skillsets. Did you manage a team? Did you develop a new concept or initiate a change of offer? The detail here is important. Even if you have no pub experience, you will have transferable skills from a past role – think about these, jot them down and increase your chances of progressing.
• Make a note of your successes, did you increase profits? did you overcome barriers? You are the star of this show and it will not serve you (or them) to hold back on how great you are!
• What drives you? Facts are great, but the pub trade is a personable one and letting a bit of your personality shine through will only add weight to your profile. Pubs need people and including some information about why you want to be in the trade, what your personal goals and work ethics are and how will they benefit this opportunity.
• First impressions count, time is precious, and we have developed our online application service to help speed things up for you however sometimes we need to take a moment to digest. Once you have completed your profile, take a moment to read it back, check the spelling and grammar and put yourself in the readers shoes. Once your profile is completed you will not have to do it again. It is worth double checking you are happy first-time round to save time in the future.