CV Book, The

How to avoid the most common mistakes and write a winning CV

James Innes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2015 | 3rd edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-08647-7 (ISBN)

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Your CV has less than 30 seconds to win you an interview, so make it irresistible.

With hundreds of CVs submitted for every job vacancy, yours has to work hard to stand out. You need to know what the recruiter wants to see and how to say it, fast.

The CV Book brings together years of research and experience to reveal all the insider tips and winning methods that will make sure your CV never fails to impress. Discover how to:

· write your own CV quickly, and with confidence

· tailor your CV to every opportunity

· avoid all of the most common CV mistakes

· make your CV really stand out from the competition.

No matter what your age, background, job or level of experience, The CV Book will help you create an outstanding CV.

The CV Book has full online support: CV templates, CV tools and reader offers – all available through The CV Centre® online at www.jamesinn.es.

James Innes is the Managing Director of The CV Centre, the UK’s leading CV consultancy. James founded The CV Centre in 1998 and has built the company to its current position as UK market leaders in the field of CV consultancy. James regularly delivers presentations to recent graduates and also contributes widely to newspapers and magazines in both the UK and France.

About the author

Acknowledgements

How to use this book

Part 1 Laying the foundations: getting the basics right

1. Why are CVs so important?

2. Aesthetics and presentation: looking good on paper

3. Content and style: what to say and how to say it

4. Structure: which type of CV is right for you?

Part 2 Building your CV: section by section

5. Personal details

6. Professional profile

7. Objective

8. Education and qualifications

9. Career history

10. Key skills

11. Achievements

12. Other details

13. Interests and activities

Part 3 The 15 most common CV writing mistakes

14. How to avoid them!

Part 4 When the usual rules don’t apply …

15. Ten solutions for ten potential problems

16. Special cases – professions where the rules are different

17. CVs and résumés – looking for work abroad

Part 5 Tailoring your CV

18. How to adapt your CV for every application

Part 6 LinkedIn

19. LinkedIn

Part 7 Looking at the whole picture

20. Cover letters

21. Interviews

22. Your new job

Part 8 CV and cover letter examples and templates

23. Twenty-one CV examples to help you write yours

Part 9 My five top tips to make your CV stand out

24. How to make your CV stand out!

Further reading and resources

Appendix A: 250 action verbs

Appendix B: 50 positive adjectives

Appendix C: 222 commonly misspelled words

Index

Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Berufs- und Fachschule
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
ISBN-10	1-292-08647-5 / 1292086475
ISBN-13	978-1-292-08647-7 / 9781292086477
Zustand	Neuware