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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

About the Author

Joyce Lain Kennedy is a popular careers writer and her 'Careers 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.

Book Information
ISBN 9780470744918
Author Lois-Andrea Ferguson
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint For Dummies
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 510g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 189mm * 16mm