Peer-Review

You have a version that you feel is okay or maybe good? Now it is time for someone else to look at it and share feedback.

Who should your reviewer be?

Ideally, your reviewer should be someone

• Who knows you well

• Who knows your work well

• Who cares about you and wants your good

• Who knows about the opportunity and what they might be looking for

• Who will deliver honest feedback about your application

Your reviewer can be your friend, your professor in college, your supervisor or manager at any organisation you have worked. As long as they fit the above criteria, you are good to go.

Why is it important that they know you well?

Unless and until a reviewer does not really know you and your work, they will not be able to offer quality feedback on your application. You are not looking for someone to proofread your application. Instead, what you want is someone to critically read through, tell you about any potential points you may have missed to include, evaluate the authenticity of your application and even give you honest feedback on whether your application is good or not.

A person who does not know you well will only be able to offer surface level inputs on how you should beautify your application. And that is what matters least while you are still trying to fix the skeleton of your application.