Description
Book Synopsis"John Lees is a purveyor of sound, no nonsense career advice which delivers results, whatever your age or status."
Carol Lewis, Business Features Editor, The TimesIt doesn't take months to learn how to write a CV that works, but it does take a few hours. This book is designed to take you through that process quickly, taking some short cuts, encouraging your readers to say one simple word: "yes".
Features:
- Step by step approach to building a CV from scratch
- Detailed advice on getting bullet points and the profile right
- Example CVs, including entry level and executive CVs
- Demystifying of CV formats and styles, including 'hybrid', competency-based and functional CVs
Drawing on over 25 years' experience of training recruiters, John Lees, author of the bestselling
How To Get A Job You'll Love, is one of the UK's best known career strategists. In
Knockout CV he shows you how to
Table of ContentsForeword by Penny de Valk, CEO of Fairplace Cedar
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Overview: Composing your CV from back to front
List of Downloadable Documents & CVs
Why you should read this bookMaking your CV work for you
Your CV and your job search
The essentials of a knockout CV
Cataloguing your material
Choosing the right CV format
Structuring your CV to match your circumstances
The mix & match CV
Constructing your job-by-job history: turningevents into evidence
Writing about achievements
The art of profile writing
Getting more out of your profile
Fine tuning page 1
FAQs and checklists for your final edit
Market testing your CV and working with recruitment consultancies
Speculative and cover letters
Completing application forms
Appendix: employer responses to the CV survey
