Lois-Andrea Ferguson | Joyce Lain-Kennedy

CVs For Dummies

Name: CVs For Dummies
Brand: John Wiley & Sons Inc
SKU: 9780470744918
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ISBN 9780470744918
Weight: 510g
Dimensions: 189 x 235mm
Publication Date: 26 Aug 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication City/Country: US
Product Form: Paperback

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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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

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.