Product Description

Understand the role and importance of CVs and learn how to analyze and present your transferable skills. Creating a Successful CV will help you to plan and target your career search and develop a CV that will give you the best opportunity of obtaining the job you desire.Practical techiques show you how to present you skills in the best possible light.This innovative series covers a wide range of management and personal development topics. Each title is a comprehensive yet compact source of easy reference for all those in or aspiring to a position of responsibility with a focus on developing and enhancing professional management practice.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #222245 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 72 pages

From the Author
An easy, step by step guide to putting your CV together
Before I wrote this book I bought every other CV book I could lay my hands on. Trawling through them I realised there were three important shortcomings in what was available. First, some were simply UK editions of American books - which is pretty useless as the conventions of putting a one page "resume" together are irrelevant in the UK employment market. Second, there were books full of example CV's - well I'm sorry, but we're all unique and you need to know how to put together YOUR CV not someone elses's. Third, the content may have been quite good in one or two books but they were boringly presented with little or no visual content.

So, surprise surprise, you will find that "Creating a Successful CV" is easy to read, full of useful tips and well illustrated. Perhaps most heartenly it has received positive reviews from recruitment consultants and personnel managers alike - the two most important audiences the job seeker needs to convince. So if they like it, then it should help you find a better career. Oh, and good luck in your job search.

Customer Reviews

Simple, quick advice!
I bought this title after searching through hundreds of "perfect CV" books. I wanted something that gave me advice rather than someone's CV to copy. I think that is the key point - your CV is YOURS! You need advice, but you can't copy someone's details and pretend they are your own. This book is easy to read, interesting and you can get results from it very quickly. I have never been happier with the content and design of my CV.

A invaluable help to job hunting
The beauty of this pocket-sized book, apart from its size, is that it is easy to read, navigate and find answers to questions. Often one receives conflicting advice from different people. This book helped me sort out the good from the bad. I now feel a lot more confident that my job hunting will lead to a successful conclusion.

An essential book for all those creating their own CV
Well laid out, easy to read and stuffed full of really practical tips on building a brilliant CV.

It explains how to create different types of CV for particular purposes, and contains a good selection of examples and sample letters.

Definitely the best book on CVs I have ever read.