The Job-Ready Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success
To get the career you want, you need to be job-ready. This is your all-in-one guide to understanding what employers want and how to prepare yourself with a personal career plan.

From gaining work experience, to mastering essential skills and acing the application process, The Job-Ready Guide is a complete resource for standing out from the crowd and getting a job offer. It shows you how to build a strong CV, write an impressive cover letter, excel at interviews, and cultivate the professionalism that employers want.

Moving from education into the workplace can be a challenge: the world of work demands skills that you may never have had to truly use - or think about - before. The Job-Ready Guide will help you to boost your employability, covering everything you need to prepare for and start a successful career. You'll be able to conduct a systematic job search, learn how to network and develop a personal brand online, as well as hone valuable skills including leadership, teamwork, creativity and problem-solving. A highly practical, hands-on guide, this book is packed with useful features, including interactive exercises to help you in your real life; insider advice from employers; and tips from professionals at different stages in their careers who reveal 'what they wish they'd known'.

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The Job-Ready Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success
To get the career you want, you need to be job-ready. This is your all-in-one guide to understanding what employers want and how to prepare yourself with a personal career plan.

From gaining work experience, to mastering essential skills and acing the application process, The Job-Ready Guide is a complete resource for standing out from the crowd and getting a job offer. It shows you how to build a strong CV, write an impressive cover letter, excel at interviews, and cultivate the professionalism that employers want.

Moving from education into the workplace can be a challenge: the world of work demands skills that you may never have had to truly use - or think about - before. The Job-Ready Guide will help you to boost your employability, covering everything you need to prepare for and start a successful career. You'll be able to conduct a systematic job search, learn how to network and develop a personal brand online, as well as hone valuable skills including leadership, teamwork, creativity and problem-solving. A highly practical, hands-on guide, this book is packed with useful features, including interactive exercises to help you in your real life; insider advice from employers; and tips from professionals at different stages in their careers who reveal 'what they wish they'd known'.

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The Job-Ready Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success

The Job-Ready Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success

by Anastasia de Waal
The Job-Ready Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success

The Job-Ready Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success

by Anastasia de Waal

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Overview

To get the career you want, you need to be job-ready. This is your all-in-one guide to understanding what employers want and how to prepare yourself with a personal career plan.

From gaining work experience, to mastering essential skills and acing the application process, The Job-Ready Guide is a complete resource for standing out from the crowd and getting a job offer. It shows you how to build a strong CV, write an impressive cover letter, excel at interviews, and cultivate the professionalism that employers want.

Moving from education into the workplace can be a challenge: the world of work demands skills that you may never have had to truly use - or think about - before. The Job-Ready Guide will help you to boost your employability, covering everything you need to prepare for and start a successful career. You'll be able to conduct a systematic job search, learn how to network and develop a personal brand online, as well as hone valuable skills including leadership, teamwork, creativity and problem-solving. A highly practical, hands-on guide, this book is packed with useful features, including interactive exercises to help you in your real life; insider advice from employers; and tips from professionals at different stages in their careers who reveal 'what they wish they'd known'.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780749483258
Publisher: Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date: 05/28/2019
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.39(d)
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Anastasia de Waal is director of I Can Be, a charity focused on breaking down barriers to opportunity for disadvantaged children and young people.

Before setting up I Can Be, she was Deputy Director of think tank Civitas and Director of the Family and Education Unit. A qualified primary school teacher and a Trustee of national parenting support charity Family Lives, Anastasia de Waal has written a number of publications on education and family issues.

Table of Contents

** Chapter - 00: Introduction; * Section - ONE: Setting yourself up for success; ** Chapter - 01: CV building; ** Chapter - 02: Career planning; ** Chapter - 03: Work experience and internships; ** Chapter - 04: Further study; * Section - TWO: Developing job-ready skills; ** Chapter - 05: Leadership and teamwork; ** Chapter - 06: Communication skills; ** Chapter - 07: Problem-solving; ** Chapter - 08: Industry knowledge; * Section - THREE: Looking for a job; ** Chapter - 09: Systematic job hunting; ** Chapter - 10: Understanding what employers want; ** Chapter - 11: Social media, personal branding and self-promotion; ** Chapter - 12: Networking; ** Chapter - 13: Budgeting and money skills; * Section - FOUR: Applying for a job; ** Chapter - 14: Creating a winning CV; ** Chapter - 15: Covering letters and application forms; ** Chapter - 16: Interviews; ** Chapter - 17: Assessment centres; ** Chapter - 18: Giving presentations; ** Chapter - 19: Getting an offer; * Section - FIVE: Starting a job; ** Chapter - 20: Planning and preparation; ** Chapter - 21: Twenty questions about your first day answered; ** Chapter - 22: Making a good impression and building positive relationships; ** Chapter - 23: Planning your next move; ** Chapter - 24: Index
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