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Synopsis
A high quality CV is essential for anyone who wants to get ahead, especially in today s competitive job market. This fully updated guide shows readers how to create a brilliant CV that ll get them noticed and the job they deserve. With dozens of useful sample CVs from a diverse range of industries and age groups, plus advice on structure, language and classic CV mistakes that could be holding them back, this book is the easiest way to a CV tune–up, and a dream job.
The new and updated CVs For Dummies 2nd Edition contains:
- Information on bouncing back from redundancy
- Tips on looking for work in a hostile job market
- Extended information on the graduate recruitment process
- A question and answer section on online application forms
- A brand new chapter on cover letters
CVs For Dummies 2nd Edition covers:
Part I: Pitching Your CVs in a Fierce Marketplace
- Chapter 1: The Versatile CV Is So Five Minutes Ago
- Chapter 2: New Quick Ways to Find the Right Jobs
- Chapter 3: Make Your CV Stand Out Among the Web giants
- Chapter 4: Familiar Search Tools Making a Stance
Part II: The Rise and Reign of the Powerful CV
- Chapter 5: Creating Your Best CV
- Chapter 6: Flowing Contents vs. Jarring Detail
- Chapter 7: Words That Always Make the Mark
- Chapter 8: Catch The Eye In Three Seconds With Design
- Chapter 9: CVs for Your Life s Changing Phases
- Chapter 10: The Graduate vs. the Corporate World
- Chapter 11: The Bare Essentials: That Crucial Cover Letter
Part III: Bringing It All Together
- Chapter 12: A Sampling of Targeted CVs by Industry and Career Field
- Chapter 13: A Sampling of Targeted CVs by Experience Level and Age
- Chapter 14: A Sampling of Targeted CVs for Special Circumstances
- Chapter 15: A Sampling of Extreme CV Makeovers
- Chapter 16: Successful Solutions to CV Problems
Part IV: Launching Your CV Into Orbit
- Chapter 17: References Authenticate Your CV
- Chapter 18: Follow–up on Launch and Touch down
- Chapter 19: Almost Got the Interview Date? Prepare Yourself
Part V: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Prove Your Claims
- Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Improve Your CV
- Chapter 22: Ten Tips on Choosing Professional CV Help
- Chapter 23: Ten Things that Annoy Recruiters
- Chapter 24: Your Ten–Point CV Checklist
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About the Author
Joyce Lain Kennedy is a popular careers writer and her 'Careers Now' column appears in over 100 newspapers worldwide. Lois-Andrea Ferguson is a Senior Consultant at Professional CV Services, where she helps people to invigorate their CVs. She is also a speaker at university and career events across the UK and has contributed to The Guardian newspaper's online CV clinic.
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- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 047074491X
- ISBN 13 9780470744918
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages266
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