Book description
The best and most up-to-date guidance available on writing and presenting the perfect CV is back in a new edition.
This is the most definitive and well-researched guide to planning, writing and presenting compelling CVs to maximise your chances of getting an interview. The guidance in this book has been tried, tested and honed to perfection. The unique content includes a chapter on avoiding the most common CV mistakes, which only a few of the very best CVs actually manage to do.
Written by the CEO of the UK’s leading CV consultancy service, James Innes, the book is supported by exclusive online tools and bonus content including sample CV templates to help you target your CV to the specific industry you’re applying to.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Dedication
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- How to use this book
- Part 1 Laying the foundations: getting the basics right
- Part 2 Building your CV: section by section
- Part 3 The 15 most common CV writing mistakes
- Part 4 When the usual rules don’t apply …
- Part 5 Tailoring your CV
- Part 6 Digital considerations
- Part 7 Looking at the whole picture
- Part 8 CV and cover letter examples and templates
- Part 9 My five top tips to make your CV stand out
- Further reading and resources
- Appendix A: 250 action verbs
- Appendix B: 50 positive adjectives
- Appendix C: 222 commonly misspelled words
- Index
- Marketing advertisements
- Imprint
Product information
- Title: The CV Book, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2012
- Publisher(s): Pearson Business
- ISBN: 9780273776611
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