- Includes sample CVs to show how real people have dealt with potentially tricky CV situations
- Shows how to read between the lines of job ads, making sure your application ticks all the employer's boxes
- Provides full, up-to-date advice on how to make the most of the internet in your job search (covers social media, online headhunters and application schemes)
- Online resources include downloadable sample CVs
Great Answers to Tough CV Problems
CV Secrets From a Top Career Coach
One of the UK's most experienced career and executive coaches tells the secrets of how to write the CV that will re-vitalise your career.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749462802
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 215x139
224 pages
About the book
How do I find out what the employer really wants? How do I get noticed when applying online? How can I keep it to 2-3 pages? What is 'CV Language' and how can I learn it? How do I get around the obstacle of something embarrassing in my CV (eg dismissal or unemployment)? What about social networks? What if I seem over- or under-qualified for the job? Great Answers to Tough CV Problems will help you solve these and many more of the burning questions that face today's job seeker. Perhaps you want a career change, have been job-hopping for some time or are returning to work after a career break? Jenny Rogers examines the potential pitfalls across a range of common job-hunting situations and shows how to put together a CV that will make the most of your skills and experience, make an impression and secure that all-important job interview.
Online supporting resources for this book include downloadable sample CVs.
About the authors
With over 20 years of experience coaching people through career crises and the CV writing and job application process, Jenny Rogers is one of the UK's most experienced career and executive coaches. She also teaches on coaching training courses, runs sessions on career coaching, organizes workshops for corporate clients, and has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Job Clinic as an advisor.
I am convinced that job applicants who follow her advice will significantly increase their chances of getting to the interview.
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