Get that job with the right CV /
Get the job you want with this start-to-finish guide to writing the perfect CV.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Teach Yourself,
2010.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Book title
- Meet the author
- Foreword
- Only got a minute
- Only got five minutes
- Only got ten minutes
- 1. How this book can help you
- Competition for jobs
- What is a CV
- How can I write a CV
- The benefits of writing your own CV
- Hard evidence
- CVs as personal trainers
- A personal CV
- Cost-cutting CVs
- Realistic CV
- Getting the most out of this book
- Where to start
- What about using a professional CV writer
- Take your time
- When should I start my CV
- Ten things to remember
- Part one. : Preparing the details
- 2. Getting the basic details together
- Personal details
- Personal informationEducation
- Career, employment or work history
- Your first job
- Voluntary work
- Write what you did
- Professional qualifications and memberships
- Further skills and training
- Interests
- Beware!
- Ten things to remember
- Part two. : Writing the basics
- 3. What skills do you have
- What makes you attractive
- Make it personal
- Prove yourself
- Building your Employment section
- What everyone wants
- Top ten generic skills
- Convince an employer of your skills
- Actions speak louder than words
- Specialist skills
- Ten things to remember
- 4. How to SHORTlist your best points
- What makes a good example How do I SHORTlist my examples
- Specific
- Honest
- Outcome
- Realistic
- Transferable
- Starting with your own examples
- Ten things to remember
- 5. Prioritizing the essentials
- Time constraints
- Knowledge constraints
- Start as you mean to go on
- Converting SHORTlisted examples into a summary
- Bulleted summary
- Prose summary
- 'I' or 'he/she'
- Be consistent
- Ten things to remember
- Part three. : Refining your language
- 6. Effective language to make you stand out
- The basic rules of CV writing
- Why action words matter
- Refining your action words
- Power action words
- Present vs. past tenseRefining your adjectives
- Use your power carefully
- Use power where it counts
- Avoid repetition
- Reducing word count, not power
- Refining/adding power
- Ten things to remember
- 7. True lies: when marketing becomes deceit
- Education lies
- Employment lies
- Other lies
- What's the worst that can happen
- When does a stretch become a lie
- What if I'm just not good enough
- Do I have to be honest about everything
- If I can't lie, what can I do
- Ten things to remember
- 8. Honest spin: handling problem areas
- Gaps in employment
- Mind the gap
- Temporary employment
- Brief employmentHow to use honest SPIN
- Work on your 'story'
- Work on your positive story
- Reason for leaving
- Employer criticism
- Employment tribunals
- Rehabilitation of offenders
- Concealing a spent conviction
- Convictions that are not spent
- Illness
- Proof
- Disability
- General rules for explaining gaps
- Mind your language
- Looking beyond your CV
- Ten things to remember
- 9. Jargon: when to include, explain or avoid
- What is jargon
- Rules for jargon
- Job titles
- Ten things to remember
- Part four. : Targeting it carefully
- Professionally written CVs
- Target your CV every time
- 10. Being specific (1)
- targeting an industry.
