CVs For Dummies
2. Edition August 2009
266 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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
Part I: Pitching Your CV in a Fierce Marketplace 5
Chapter 1: The Generic CV Is Past Its Sell-By Date 7
Chapter 2: Quick Online Ways to Find the Right Jobs 19
Chapter 3: Spotlighting Your CV in a Web 2.0 World 31
Chapter 4: Familiar Search Tools That Aren't Quite Dormant 39
Part II: The Rise and Reign of the Targeted CV 53
Chapter 5: Creating Your Best CV 55
Chapter 6: Flowing Content Versus Jarring Detail 75
Chapter 7: Words That Make the Mark 87
Chapter 8: Catching the Eye in Three Seconds Flat 107
Chapter 9: CVs for Your Life's Changing Phases 113
Chapter 10: Nabbing a Job as a New Graduate 123
Chapter 11: The Bare Essentials of a Cover Letter 137
Part III: Bringing It All Together: Sample Targeted CVs 145
Chapter 12: Targeted CVs by Industry and Career Field 147
Chapter 13: Targeted CVs by Experience Level and Age 155
Chapter 14: Targeted CVs for Special Circumstances 165
Part IV: Launching Your CV Into Orbit 175
Chapter 15: References Authenticate Your CV 177
Chapter 16: Following Up on Your CV 185
Chapter 17: Almost Got the Interview Date? Prepare Yourself 199
Part V: The Part of Tens 203
Chapter 18: More than Ten Ways to Prove Your Claims 205
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Improve Your CV 211
Chapter 20: Ten Things that Annoy Recruiters 217
Chapter 21: Ten Tips on Choosing Professional CV Help 223
Chapter 22: Your Ten-Point CV Checklist 229
Index 233
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.
