Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  All sectors have different styles of shortlisting candidates, so it pays to research a sector first to find out more about the work culture and their values.  What I like about this article is that it gives great advice on how to make your application appealing to the hiring manager, but also gets you to think about how a manager fits in application selection into their working day.  By considering both, you should be getting close to submitting an application that will be memorable for all the right reasons.  http://careers.theguardian.com/getting-job-in-media-recruiter-insights