James Innes

CV Book, The (eBook, ePUB)

How To Avoid The Most Common Mistakes And Write A Winning Cv

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Produktbeschreibung

The best and most up-to-date guidance available on writing and presenting the perfect CV is back in a new edition.

This is the most definitive and well-researched guide to planning, writing and presenting compelling CVs to maximise your chances of getting an interview. The guidance in this book has been tried, tested and honed to perfection. The unique content includes a chapter on avoiding the most common CV mistakes, which only a few of the very best CVs actually manage to do.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292086507
• Artikelnr.: 44864156

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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