Anastasia de Waal

The Job-Ready Guide (eBook, ePUB)

How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

To get the career you want, you need to be job-ready. This is your all-in-one guide to understanding what employers want and how to prepare yourself with a personal career plan.

From gaining work experience, to mastering essential skills and acing the application process, The Job-Ready Guide is a complete resource for standing out from the crowd and getting a job offer. It shows you how to build a strong CV, write an impressive cover letter, excel at interviews, and cultivate the professionalism that employers want.

Moving from education into the workplace can be a challenge: the world of work demands skills that you may never have had to truly use - or think about - before. The Job-Ready Guide will help you to boost your employability, covering everything you need to prepare for and start a successful career. You'll be able to conduct a systematic job search, learn how to network and develop a personal brand online, as well as hone valuable skills including leadership, teamwork, creativity and problem-solving. A highly practical, hands-on guide, this book is packed with useful features, including interactive exercises to help you in your real life; insider advice from employers; and tips from professionals at different stages in their careers who reveal 'what they wish they'd known'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749483265
• Artikelnr.: 56476729

Autorenporträt

Anastasia de Waal is director of I Can Be, a charity focused on breaking down barriers to opportunity for disadvantaged children and young people. Before setting up I Can Be, she was Deputy Director of think tank Civitas and Director of the Family and Education Unit. A qualified primary school teacher and a Trustee of national parenting support charity Family Lives, Anastasia de Waal has written a number of publications on education and family issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter
00: Introduction; Section
ONE: Setting yourself up for success; Chapter
01: CV building; Chapter
02: Career planning; Chapter
03: Work experience and internships; Chapter
04: Further study; Section
TWO: Developing job
ready skills; Chapter
05: Leadership and teamwork; Chapter
06: Communication skills; Chapter
07: Problem
solving; Chapter
08: Industry knowledge; Section
THREE: Looking for a job; Chapter
09: Systematic job hunting; Chapter
10: Understanding what employers want; Chapter
11: Social media, personal branding and self
promotion; Chapter
12: Networking; Chapter
13: Budgeting and money skills; Section
FOUR: Applying for a job; Chapter
14: Creating a winning CV; Chapter
15: Covering letters and application forms; Chapter
16: Interviews; Chapter
17: Assessment centres; Chapter
18: Giving presentations; Chapter
19: Getting an offer; Section
FIVE: Starting a job; Chapter
20: Planning and preparation; Chapter
21: Twenty questions about your first day answered; Chapter
22: Making a good impression and building positive relationships; Chapter
23: Planning your next move; Chapter
24: Index