Lee Smith, John van Genderen

Kick Start Your Career (eBook, PDF)

Successful Strategies and Winning Techniques

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 market.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351656863
• Artikelnr.: 53347037

Autorenporträt

Lee Smith's professional life included developing young graduates. He holds multiple qualifications in applied science and technology. Extensive experience in preparing Personal Development programmes led to a focus on helping young graduates transition from university to find their first career job.

John van Genderen is Professor Emeritus at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, and International Visiting Professor at Wuhan University, China. He has carried out education and training programmes at universities worldwide. He has also assisted numerous young graduates in finding suitable employment both at home and abroad.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Getting Prepared
Chapter 2: Adaptable Strategies
Chapter 3: Personal Abilities
Chapter 4: Job Hunting-Key Factors
Chapter 5: Locating Job Opportunities
Chapter 6: Social Media Job Search Options
Chapter 7: Social Media - Establishing Your Online Profile
Chapter8: Social Media for Job Hunting
Chapter 9: Personal Development.
Chapter 10: General Achievements - Developing Your Selling Points
Chapter 11: Achievements: Extended - Further Selling Points
Chapter 12: Preparing Your Foundation Resume - Stage 1
Chapter 13: Preparing Your Foundation Resume - Stage 2
Chapter 14: Referees and References
Chapter 15: Preparing Your Targeted Resume - Country Specific
Chapter 16: Preparing Your Tailored Cover Letter
Chapter 17: Interviews
Chapter 18: Conclusion - Job Search Preparation and Job Hunting.
Appendices