Red Tape Busters

Competition for tenders has never been tougher.   You can assume that every time you undertake a tender writing application, you are competing against multiple companies for the same job.   With assessors wading through dozens of tender writing applications, how can you make yours stand out?   Here are our top tips:    

The grant writing market is incredibly competitive. The best grant applications are those that are well-planned, researched and written with great attention to detail.   Yes, writing a grant application is a fine art!   As a grant writer , here are some tips to make the daunting task of grant application writing a little easier and some points to consider along the way.

When writing a job application we are often so focused on getting the written part right that we forget the next step. But job application writing involves another important component - the interview. Your wonderful resume writing skills and job application will mean nothing if you do not nail the job interview. So what is it that employers are looking for in an interview? It’s easy to imagine a scenario where an interview panel sits down together at the end of a hard day of interviewing, having a good laugh about just how badly some candidates performed in their interview.  

When you’re a tender writer , you are competing against countless other tender writers and companies.   To be successful, you must stand out. Therefore, a tender writing application is your chance to show why your business can do the job better than your competitors, but many tender writers make the same easily-avoidable mistakes and have lost out because of them.   If you want to fail as a tender writer, then here is out step-by-step guide.  

There are certain qualities that all great grant writers have.   Sure, they must have excellent written commination skills but there are other characteristics of grant writers that help them to stand out from the rest.   Here are our seven qualities to look for in a grant writer .    

Job application writing is often daunting and difficult. Not only do candidates need to find a job that suits their skills and qualifications they must also complete a myriad of forms through the application writing process including a resume and selection criteria. Employers are making a longer, longer list of demands for skills and knowledge and it is virtually impossible to fulfil all that is required. Selection criteria designed to assist employers find the ‘perfect’ candidate through the job application writing process often discourage people from applying at all because they feel they just don’t meet the high standards asked of them.

Grant Writers may feel that their grant applications must be matter-of-fact and straight-to-the-point.   However, when funding bodies receive hundreds of grant applications that are all pretty much the same, it makes for eye-wateringly boring reading.   To make your grant application stand out, it’s important to think of grant-writing as story-telling.   Think about it!   Who doesn’t like hearing stories? We all know the feeling of being unable to put down a good book.   Believe it or not though, all the elements of a good story are all present in a good grant-application. Let me explain.