Title:
Kick start your career : successful strategies and winning techniques / Lee Smith and John van Genderen.
Author:
Smith, Lee, 1948- author.
Genderen, John van, author.
Publication Information:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
©2018
Call Number:
HF5382.7 .S655 2018
Abstract:
"For new graduates, the key challenge remains how to secure that first career-related job. Full of guidance and tips on how to handle the complex field of job hunting, Kick Start Your Career can help navigate an ever-changing job market and secure your chance at your desired career. It is a valuable investment in your future. It advises the reader on how to: stand out in job applications; use social media for job searching; create resumes and cover letters that stand out; succeed at interviews. It provides a practical, hands on, step-by-step approach. With an integrated Personal Plan that helps create key job search documents it directs soon-to-be graduates towards achieving their career aspirations. Accompanying online resources include examples and templates, which can be downloaded in Word format to help you prepare resumes and other job search documents. This book will help graduates progressively build up job-hunting resources – skills, achievements, resume, cover letter and interview responses – and turn this into a practical outcome: a new job. It is a key companion to any student or recent graduate exploring the job ." --Amazon.ca.
ISBN:
9781138067547
9781138067660
Physical Description:
xxvii, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Who will use the book: how to use it? -- Full programme or fast-track? -- Getting prepared -- Adaptable strategies -- Personal factors -- Job hunting-key factors -- Locating job opportunities -- Social media -job search options -- Social media -- establishing your online profile -- Social media for job hunting -- Personal development -- General achievements -- developing your selling points -- Achievements: extended -- further selling points -- Preparing your foundation resume -- stage 1 -- Preparing your foundation resume -- stage 2 -- Referees and references -- Preparing your targeted resume: country specific -- Preparing your tailored cover letter -- Interviews -- Conclusion-job search preparation and job hunting -- Appendices: resources -- Appendices: personal plan -- Index.
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