Description
Book SynopsisJames Innes is the Managing Director of The CV Centre, the UK's leading CV consultancy. James founded The CV Centre in 1998 and has built the company to its current position as UK market leaders in the field of CV consultancy. James regularly delivers presentations to recent graduates and also contributes widely to newspapers and magazines in both the UK and France and is the author of The Interview Book, The CV Book, The Cover Letters Book and The Interview Question and Answer Book
Table of ContentsAbout the author
Acknowledgements
How to use this book
Part 1 Laying the foundations
1. Why are cover letters so important?
2. Getting the basics right
Part 2 Job-hunting letters
3. Speculative letters: your foot in the door
4. Advert-response letters: a winning strategy
Part 3 Specialist cover letters
5. Letters of application for specialist sectors
Part 4 The 15 most common cover letter mistakes
6. How to avoid them!
Part 5 Other job search letters
7. Application follow-up letters
8. Interview thank-you letters
9. Negotiating an offer
10. Requesting a reference
11. Resignation letters
12. Offer acceptance letters
13. Rejecting an offer
14. Accepting rejection
Part 6 Pay rise request letters
15. Requesting a pay rise
Part 7 Promotion request letters
16. Requesting a promotion
Part 8 CVs and interviews
17. CVs
18. Interviews
Part 9 My five top tips to make your cover letter stand out
19. How to make your cover letter stand out!
20. Checklist
Further reading and resources
Appendix A: 250 action verbs
Appendix B: 50 positive adjectives
Appendix C: 222 commonly misspelled words
Index
