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Description:
Does your CV have what it takes to get you noticed?
Can you answer tough interview questions and create a good impression?
Do you know what employers are really looking for?
Changing jobs is one of life’s most stressful experiences. Ultimate Job Search remove the anxiety by teaching you vital skills and techniques.
A “one-stop shop” for all job hunters, it contains sample CVs for different types of job, sector-specific interview questions and insightful comments from industry experts giving a real-life view of the job market. You will learn how to:
• search the media and the internet
• network
• research your employer
• prepare a powerful CV for specific jobs and situations
• find and apply for jobs online
• write cover letters and e-mails
• make a great impression at interviews
• succeed in aptitude and personality tests
• deal with offers and rejections
The breadth of the detail makes Ultimate Job Search an invaluable guide for everyone looking for a new job at any stage of their careerContents: First things first • Find out what skills, qualities and abilities the job requires • Match those skills, qualities and abilities with your own • Prepare examples of how, when and where you have demonstrated them in the past • Present those skills, qualities and abilities clearly and confidently both in writing and verbally • Demonstrate in your presentation, appearance and behaviour the personal qualities required • Making a start • Key tasks • Skills, abilities and knowledge • Qualifications and training • Results and achievements • Match the skills you’ve got to the skills they want • Using an advertisement to improve your CV • Reading the advertisement • Putting it in your CV • The skills they want from everyone • Teamwork • Communicating with others • Problem solving • Analysing • Organizing and planning • Flexibility and adaptability • Drive and determination • Your CV • Attract attention • Create a good impression • Present your relevant skills • Keep your CV relevant • CV problems • Problem: there are gaps in my career history • Problem: my career history isn’t straightforward • Problem: my relevant experience is in a voluntary role • Problem: I’ve had lots of very different jobs • Problem: my CV is more than two pages long • Problem: I’m doing more than one job • Problem: I’ve only ever had one job • Problem: a lot of my jobs have been the same • Problem: I’ve been unemployed for over a year • Problem: my current job isn’t very impressive or relevant, or it’s a bit of a step backwards • Problem: I haven’t got much experience for the job I want • Problem: I’m over-qualified • Problem: I’m under-qualified • Problem: I’m over • Problem: I’m under • CVs with special considerations • CVs for school, college and university leavers • CVs after a career break • CVs for career changers • CVs for specific jobs • The clerical CV • I • The sales and marketing CV • CVs for technical jobs • The management CV • CVs for creative jobs • CVs for practical jobs • CVs for customer relations jobs • Application forms • Application forms section by section • Covering letters • Appearance • Layout • Readability • Content • What goes into the letter? • E-mail • Telephone calls • General points • Information calls • Speculative call • Follow-up calls • Telephone interviews • When they call you • The job search • Job search stages • Job market research • Ways of job hunting • Using your skills effectively • Your online Job search • What the internet can do for you • Online recruitment resources • Your online CV • Online extras • Privacy and safety online • Job search strategies • Answering advertisements for vacancies • CV and follow-up call • Personal letter • Recruitment agencies • Networking • Job fairs • Personal appearance • Foot in the door • Unconventional approaches • Interviews: making a great impression • Why have an interview? • What happens at an interview • Preparing for the interview • Making a good impression • Sounding the part • Looking the part • Acting the part • Overcoming nerves • Answering interview questions • The three rules • What sort of questions will they ask? • Questions they ask everybody • Dealing with negative questions • Questions about salary • Dealing with closed questions • Dealing with the person-specific question • Inappropriate and illegal questions • Your questions to the interviewer • Questions for specific jobs • Questions for practical jobs • Questions for creative jobs • Questions for clerical jobs • Questions for sales and marketing jobs • Questions for technical jobs • Questions for management jobs • Questions for customer relations jobs • Questions for school and college leavers • Interviews and more • Different types of interview • Interview extras • Offers and rejections • Write a letter • If the organization doesn’t make you an offer • Keep applying • If the organization makes you an offer • Negotiating the offer
.ISBN - 9780749464080
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Pages : 256
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