CVs for dummies
By: by Joyce Lain Kennedy and Lois-Andrea Ferguson
Contributors: Ferguson, Lois-Andrea
Edition: Portable ed.
Series: --For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781119974383
Subjects: Résumés (Employment)
Description: CVs For Dummies is an easy to read guide that provides sound advice, expert tips, and recommendations for writing the best CVs and finding the right job, all tailored to the UK reader. CVs For Dummies is your guide to getting the job of your dreams. Inside you will discover how to: tailor your CV to today's job market, sell your skills and assets, put the right spin on potential drawbacks in your career history, create a first rate e-mail CV, use the right CV key words to make your application stand out from the crowd, and more.
Notes: Previous edition: published as by Steve Shipside and Joyce Lain-Kennedy. 2009.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Generic CV Is Past Its Sell-By Date; Quick Online Ways to Find the Right Jobs; Spotlighting Your CV in a Web 2.0 World; Familiar Search Tools That Aren't Quite Dormant; Creating Your Best CV; Flowing Content Versus Jarring Detail; Words That Make the Mark; Catching the Eye in Three Seconds Flat; CVs for Your Life's Changing Phases; Nabbing a Job as a New Graduate; The Bare Essentials of a Cover Letter; Sample Targeted CVs; Targeted CVs by Industry and Career Field; Targeted CVs by Experience Level and Age; Targeted CVs for Special Circumstances; References Authenticate Your CV; Following Up on Your CV; Almost Got the Interview Date? Prepare Yourself; More than Ten Ways to Prove Your Claims; Ten Ways to Improve Your CV; Ten Things that Annoy Recruiters; Ten Tips on Choosing Professional CV Help; Your Ten-Point CV Checklist.