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CVs For Dummies

CVs For Dummies

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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 2nd 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 2nd 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

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book Is Organised 2 Part I: Pitching Your CV in a Fierce Marketplace 2 Part II: The Rise and Reign of the Targeted CV 3 Part III: Bringing It All Together: Sample Targeted CVs 3 Part IV: Launching Your CV Into Orbit 3 Part V: The Parts of Tens 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part I: Pitching Your CV in a Fierce Marketplace 5 Chapter 1: The Generic CV Is Past Its Sell-By Date 7 In a New Era, the Targeted CV Rules 7 Market Forces Zap Unqualifi ed CVs 9 Why mass posting of online CVs doesn’t work 9 Enter Web 2.0 10 Submitting your CV in a Web 2.0 world 10 Three Steps to Writing a Targeted CV 11 Sample Core CV and Spin-Offs 12 Lauren’s core CV 12 Lauren’s targeted CV 14 Chapter 2: Quick Online Ways to Find the Right Jobs 19 Climbing the Ladder: Vertical Job Search Engines 19 Searching the web for jobs 20 Using a vertical: The generic basics 21 Meeting the verticals 22 Job Boards Rising 24 The Continuing Power of Newspapers 26 But here’s the rest of the story 26 A new wind is blowing on newspapers 27 Hunting on Company Websites 27 Seeking and Finding Is Easier than Ever 28 Chapter 3: Spotlighting Your CV in a Web 2.0 World 31 Making Something Happen with Web 2.0 Sites 31 Getting Involved in Online Social Networking 33 What it is 33 Ways to get started 34 Writing about Jobs and Life: Blogs 35 What it is 35 Ways to get started 36 Receiving Live Feeds through Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 36 What it is 37 Ways to get started 37 Chapter 4: Familiar Search Tools That Aren’t Quite Dormant 39 Scannable CVs: Same as Ever 39 Plain Text CVs: A Long Last Gasp 42 Converting your CV to plain text (ASCII) 42 Avoiding ASCII landmines 44 E-Forms: Filling in the Blankety-Blanks 45 The Fully Designed, Eye-Catching CV Is Back! 46 From Identity Theft to Recruiter Turn-Off: Why CV Blasting Is a Bad Idea 47 Privacy and identity theft problems 47 Overexposure to recruiters 48 Online Screening Keeps On Keepin’ On 49 Sample components of online screening 50 Pros and cons of online screening 51 Can your CV be turned away? 51 Match Your CVs to the Jobs 52 Part II: The Rise and Reign of the Targeted CV 53 Chapter 5: Creating Your Best CV 55 ‘Telling It’ Mutes; ‘Selling It’ Sings 55 Focusing Your CV 57 CV Formats Make a Difference 60 The standard (reverse chronological) format 60 The targeted format 63 Executive format 66 Academic curriculum vitae 67 Making Contact with a Speculative Letter 70 Highlighting Your Best Work with a Portfolio 72 Choosing the Approach That Works for You 73 Chapter 6: Flowing Content Versus Jarring Detail 75 Exploring the Sections of Your CV 75 Leading with Contact Details 76 Hooking the Reader with Your Key Skills 78 Making Education and Experience Work for You 79 Education 80 Experience 80 Including Competencies in Your CVs 80 Gaining Extra Points 82 Activities 82 Organisations 82 Honours and awards 83 Licences and samples of your work 83 Shaping Your Content on Application Forms 84 Content to Omit: Your Salary Story 84 Chapter 7: Words That Make the Mark 87 Using Words to Bring Good News 87 Buzz words for administration and management 88 Buzz words for maximum effect 89 Buzz words for sales and persuasion 90 Buzz words for technical ability 91 Buzz words for office support 92 Buzz words for teaching 93 Buzz words for research and analysis 94 Buzz words for helping and care work 95 Buzz words for fi nancial management 96 Buzz words for many skills 97 Unlocking Your Talents with Keywords 98 Keywords for administration/management 99 Keywords for banking 100 Keywords for customer service 100 Keywords for information technology 101 Keywords for manufacturing 101 Keywords for human resources 102 Knowing Where to Find Keywords 102 Getting a Grip on Grammar 103 Spelling Like a Pro 104 Chapter 8: Catching the Eye in Three Seconds Flat 107 Word Processing in a Nutshell 107 Printing Your CV 108 Selecting Paper 109 Being Consistent 110 Breaking It Up 111 Choosing Typefaces and Font Size 111 Chapter 9: CVs for Your Life’s Changing Phases 113 Grabbing Good Jobs When You’re Older 113 The strengths of maturity 114 The mature person’s soft spots 114 A lower-level job beckons 117 Employment in the autumn years 118 Winning Interviews as a New Civilian 119 Making military strengths count 119 Dealing with military soft spots 120 Government Hopefuls: From Private to Public 121 Chapter 10: Nabbing a Job as a New Graduate 123 Getting Your Foot in the Door 123 Revising and Drafting Your CV 124 Case Study: Landing the Job with Experience 126 Case Studying: Nabbing the Job When You Have No Experience 129 Wading through the Maze of Graduate Application Forms 131 Facing the harsh reality 131 Getting your mind in gear 131 Moving into the maze of questions and answers 132 Chapter 11: The Bare Essentials of a Cover Letter 137 Why Cover Letters Are Important 137 Getting Started with Defi nitions 138 Writing the Cover Letter 139 Opening salutations 139 The body 140 Closing salutations 141 Checking Out Cover Letter Examples 141 Part III: Bringing It All Together: Sample Targeted CVs 145 Chapter 12: Targeted CVs by Industry and Career Field 147 Targeted CV for IT or Management 147 Targeted CV for Medicine 147 Targeted CV for Engineering 152 Chapter 13: Targeted CVs by Experience Level and Age 155 School-Leaver with No Work Experience 155 Graduate with Some Experience 156 Management CV 156 Senior Executive CV 156 Chapter 14: Targeted CVs for Special Circumstances 165 Changing a Qualified Teacher’s CV for Jobs in Education and Management 165 Creating Specialist CVs 169 Targeting Community Sector and Medical Positions 170 Part IV: Launching Your CV Into Orbit 175 Chapter 15: References Authenticate Your CV 177 The Harm Caused by a So-So Reference 177 Seven Things You Need to Do about References 178 Ban references from your CV 178 Expect employers to check references 179 Choose references with thought 179 Help references help you 180 Play safe with a reference folder 180 Stamp out bad references 181 Thank everyone 182 Finding References without Shedding Your Cloak of Secrecy 183 Allow Enough Time for Skilful Reference Management 183 Chapter 16: Following Up on Your CV 185 Why Follow-Up Efforts Are Essential Today 185 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Following Up 187 Do I phone or email my follow-up? 187 What powerful opening statement can I make when I call the company for follow-up? 188 How much information can I find out from a central phone operator? 188 What are some tips to get past gate-keepers? 190 What can I do if I keep getting booted to voicemail? 191 Why shouldn’t I leave a message asking the target to call me back? 192 How can I keep track of all my calls, emails and contacts as I follow up? 192 When is it time to throw in the towel and move on? 193 Monitoring Your Follow-up Efforts 193 Using the Follow-Up Matrix 194 Checking out a sample Matrix 197 Fast-Tracking Your Successful Follow-Up 198 Chapter 17: Almost Got the Interview Date? Prepare Yourself 199 When Your Job Conflicts with an Interview Date 199 Face-to-Face Beats Ear-to-Ear 200 Going Overboard on Ardour Can Cost You Money 200 When the Interview Is Out of Town 201 Making the Most of Your Moment 202 Part V: The Part of Tens 203 Chapter 18: More than Ten Ways to Prove Your Claims 205 Say It with Numbers 206 Say It with Percentages 207 Say It with Amounts in Pounds 208 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your CV 211 Match Your CV to the Job 211 Use Bulleted Style for Easy Reading 211 Discover the Art of Lost Articles 212 Sell, Don’t Tell 212 Show Off Your Assets 212 Make Sure Your Words Play Well Together 213 Reach Out with Strength 213 Avoid a Weak Skills Profi le 213 Check Out the Technology 214 Erase the ‘Leave-Outs’ 214 Chapter 20: Ten Things that Annoy Recruiters 217 CV-Free Pitches 217 Major Mismatches 217 E-Stalking 218 Missing Caps and Typos 219 Too Much Information 220 Date Grate 220 Guess Who 221 File Style 221 Useless and Uninformative 222 Probable Prevarication 222 Chapter 21: Ten Tips on Choosing Professional CV Help 223 Choose a CV Writing Service, Not a Clerical Service 224 Ask Around for a Great CV Pro 224 Request a Free Initial Consultation 225 Watch Out for Overuse of Forms 225 Look for a Fair Price 225 Check Out Samples 226 Take Aim 226 Consider a Certified CV Writer 227 Remember That Design Counts 227 Know That a Poor CV Is No Bargain 227 Chapter 22: Your Ten-Point CV Checklist 229 Matching Skills for Skills 229 Format and Style 229 Focus and Image 230 Achievements and Skills 230 Language and Expressions 230 Content and Omissions 230 Length and Common Sense 231 Appearance: Online Attached and Paper CVs 231 Difficult Issues and Sugar-coating 231 Proofreading and More Proofreading 231 The Power of Targeted CVs 232 Index 233


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470744918
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 047074491X
  • Publisher Date: 26 Aug 2009
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Weight: 510 gr


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