Free Job Application

So a few weeks ago I bumped into a new phenomenon called "vrije sollicitatie" so basically it's a free form of applying for a job. You can apply in the form of a video or whatever other type of application form you can come up with.
Me being me I decided to use my blog as an application form. Why? Because it shows different sides of me. Well it eventually will, because right now whoever might be reading it as my submit might think that I am highly obsessed with my hair. Hey I can't help it that my hair is an important part of my appearance when I feel like getting my crown al buffed up.
Why I think it's important to show different sides of myself? Because if they look at my CV they might think that I am some boring person who is just stuck with her nose in books and never ever does anything fun. Not my personal description of my CV but from someone who looked at it at a job event and was shocked about how classic my cv looks to how I truly am in person
With a regular application letter you don't really get a chance to show a future employer who you truly are. They just get the polished version of you, no real indept information whatsoever.
What do they get with a blogpost? A clean version of all the things I have in my head that I feel is important for them to know about me.

So what would I like my future employer to know about me????
I could just sum up the basics that I am a hard worker, don't have a 9 to 17 mentality and that I am a team-player. But that stuff is to basic for a free form application don't you think?
So let's see what are the things that I would usually skip in my application letter but end up telling them when I go in for an interview:
* I love helping other people get ahead in life or whatever hurdle they bump into.
* I am a perfectionist, I love to do my work to the best of my abilities and even enjoy pushing my own boundaries to see how much I can get done.
* I know how to look at different processes, walk through them and then tell you exactly where the bottle necks are and in which ways you can fix them.
* I am more then fluent in English. As they will probably notice since my blog is mostly in English instead of Dutch.

I guess I can't be only telling them good things about me... so what can be seen as a flaw in who I am as a person and employee???
* I hate getting bumped out of my routine when I have one on the work floor. I can seriously get grumpy about it. But I will suck it up and get things done anyways.
Why that is the only flaw I am mentioning??? Because I am already to judgmental about my work and who I am as a person. So there is no need to go list things that others might not even see as a flaw or might not even ever have to deal with.

Right now I am working at an AHtoGO at Amsterdam Central, one of the busiest stations in the Netherlands. My managers prefer to have me in the front of the store because I have an eye for detail and know how to interact with people from different nationalities. I get to come up with nice little small things to do in the store for holidays. And whenever there is a delegation from another country in the store I end up telling them about the concept of the store. I make it my business to know whatever I need to know about different things so I can make other peoples lives a little bit more easier and interesting.

So what would my future employer get when they hire me for the job???
*Someone who will give a 110%, sorry I am not giving 200% I need to save a bit of those extra percentages for myself.
*A crazy fun person on the work floor. And with crazy fun I don't mean someone who is just joking around instead of getting work done. I mean someone who knows when it's ok to have some down time with the rest of the team. So that when it's time to pull into fifth gear we all do it without complaining about it.
*An employee who thinks it's important to get up in the morning and thinks "Yes. it's time to get to work"

To my future employer,
I look forward to meeting you for a real in person interview.
I hope this blogpost has triggered some interesting questions with you. Feel free to look at my other posts if you still have some time left.
And don't worry I am fluent in Dutch.

Love and blessings,
JJW

P.S. I love baking cookies and cakes for my coworkers 😉