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CV WRITING &
JOB HUNTING BOOKS
BOOKS for the UK
INTERVIEW PREPARATION
JOB HUNTING
CAREER MANAGEMENT
INTERVIEW PREPARATION
The Interview Book: Your Definitive Guide to the Perfect Interview Technique (July 2009)
The Interview Book is the definitive manual of interview preparation and technique, written by James Innes and based on many years of experience within careers consultancy. The book takes the reader through planning, preparing and organising a winning strategy on to an explanation of interview scenarios – and how to handle them. There’s an analysis of questions you might get asked and a section covering the 15 most common interview mistakes and precisely how to avoid them. The book concludes with advice on how to proceed after the interview – how to close the deal.Also see The CV Book: Your Definitive Guide to Writing the Perfect CV (July 2009)
JOB HUNTING
The Mum's Guide to Returning to Work (Jan 2011)
This book supports women in their return to the workplace after a career break. It is an easy to read and practical book which will help women to build their confidence, to choose a career to suit them, to develop job hunting skills, negotiate flexible working, find suitable childcare and to manage the change in their lives that will come as a result of returning to the world of work. It is written with the woman returner in mind, using relevant examples they will relate to and quotes from women who have been there. Bekki Clark is a Careers Adviser, Coach, Trainer and Mum who specialises in working with women returners.
LIFE COACHING
Making it All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life (Dec 2008) Audio Book (Jan 2009)
David Allen leads the world on a new path to achieve focus, control, and perspective. Throw out everything you know about productivity - make life and work a game you can win. Excel in dealing with our daily commitments, the unexpected, and the information overload that threatens us. Making It All Work provides an instantly usable, success-building tool kit for staying ahead of the game. Among other topics, it addresses how to be your own consultant and a CEO of your life; and why life is like business and business is like life.
Would you benefit from one-to-one interview coaching by the UK's top interview coach?
Stephen Conway's service includes unlimited telephone coaching throughout your job search, email support, personal mentoring, a CV review and re-write, plus assistance with interview presentations (designing and writing).
This is a comprehensive package to help you with applications, interviews and to negotiate job offers.
Career coaching questions answered.
CAREER MANAGEMENT
Collins Business Secrets - Career Management (April 2010)
The career management secrets that experts and top professionals use. Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Career Management. Includes how to:
• Assess your career goals
• Create and follow an exciting career plan
• Make yourself visible for your ideal job
• Deliver the perfect interview
• Get yourself noticed and promoted, or go it alone.
Following a successful career as a stockbroker, Carolyn Boyes is now a consultant specialising in in-depth breakthrough coaching and communication. She works for governments and companies in the UK, Africa and Far East.
CAREER MANAGEMENT
Build Your Own Rainbow: A Workbook for Career and Life Management (Jan 2009)
This book consists of a number of exercises designed to help you to analyse and develop your personal skills, aptitudes and ambitions. It provides the key to a number of essential career development skills, including: Knowing Yourself; Learning from Experience; Research Skills; Setting Objectives and Making Action Plans; Making Decisions; Looking after Yourself; and, Communicating.
In carrying out the exercises in this book you will discover what is important to you about your work, your interests, your transferable skills, and your most comfortable career pattern. You will be helped to set personal and career objectives and make action plans to take greater charge of yourself and your life.
DEVELOPMENT
The Graduate Jobs Formula: how to land your dream career after graduation (May 2010)
For many students the process of applying for a job after university can be a frightening prospect! Maximise your chances of getting the job and the career that you want.
This handbook is full of hard facts on maximising your employability, statistics, case studies of real graduates in employment and advice from its author, Paul Redmond, one of the UK's leading graduate destination experts.
CV WRITING
Get That Job With The Right CV: Teach Yourself (Mar 2010)
This book will teach you how to write the best possible CV to land that perfect job. It covers everything from layout and format, through to perfecting a jargon-free writing style, avoiding common pitfalls and tailoring your CV to different jobs. The author's in-depth professional advice and friendly style will guide you through every step of the CV writing process with humour and practicality and give you real confidence to effectively showcase your skills to employers.
Never Miss The Mark: Career search strategies provided by HR Pros [Kindle Edition]
Brilliant Cover Letters: What You Need to Know to Write a Truly Brilliant Cover Letter (Sep 2009)
Brilliant Cover Letter includes bonuses such as cover letter templates available for download and immediate use – and suitable for pretty much all purposes, from graduates to executives, and including templates. A key feature of the book is a chapter covering the 15 most common cover letter mistakes and how to avoid them. Only a tiny percentage of cover letters manage to avoid all these mistakes and most are victim to several. Avoiding these mistakes makes all the difference to whether your application ends up in the ‘yes’ pile or the ‘no’ pile – also known as the bin!
COVER LETTERS
Winning Cover Letters for First-time Job Hunters (Oct 2009)
"The perfect resume," says author Pat Criscito, "is the one that fits the personality of its owner, tempered, of course, by the expectations of the industry." This book shows job seekers how to create distinctive resumes that reflect the unique personality of their owners--their strengths, their background and training, and their career goals. It helps readers manage their online reputations using blogs and e-folios at their own personal Web sites. Nearly 200 samples included can be adapted and personalized to fit your needs.
CV & COVER LETTERS
How to Write an Impressive CV and Cover Letter: A Comprehensive Guide for the UK Job Seeker (Jun 2009)
This is a step-by-step guide on how to achieve competitive advantage in job hunting with sample CVs and templates. It provides job-hunting tactics to meet changes in recent years and recorded interviews with HR professionals. The book and CD are packed with sample CVs and cover letters that worked in real-life. Their new CVs secured several interviews, many of which resulted in job offers. The CD also includes templates and real-life examples, plus transcripts of interviews held with 12 industry experts from blue chip employers such as Vodafone, Tesco, KPMG, Korn Ferry, and Jonathan Wren.
E-BOOK
Don't Send A CV [Kindle Edition] (Jun 2009)
The workplace is now smarter and more competitive than ever. Bestselling author Jeffrey J Fox comes to the rescue again with this no-nonsense collection of surprising and daring rules for landing the right job. Easy to read, inspiring and often counterintuitive, these concise ideas reflect his values of creative thinking. He has had proven success with all of his rules including: -CVs don't sell, -Don't ask for directions, -Make a big splash, not lots of little ripples, -Don't talk in an interview. Fox also has a jobseekers' glossary and a job-getting blueprint. His rules not only help you devise a winning strategy, but also show you how to prepare for and make the best impression in an interview. This book will give you the edge on the competition and prepare you for the challenges and rewards of landing not just a good job, but a great one.
Kindle Fire and Kindle
GRADUATE JOBS
The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2011-2012
This is the definitive guide to the leading organisations recruiting graduates. Compiled from research with16,000 + graduates, this edition reveals the Top 100 league table of the most sought-after graduate employers in 2009 and offers guidance on job hunting. It provides comprehensive information on the latest graduate vacancies at the UK s best-known organisations. Includes entry requirements, application deadlines, the starting salaries on offer and the type and location of their graduate jobs.
E-BOOK
Winning the Job Race (European Edition) [Kindle Edition]
Winning the Job Race - Pathways Through Transition is a tool for the job seeker who needs to understand the rules of the game, to reinvent him or herself in order to articulate the value or currency he or she brings to the table, to capitalise on current or future networking contacts and to manage and control the job interview in order to win that next great opportunity.
If you're looking for a new position and/or having difficulty getting on track in your job search, then this book will provide you with strategy and techniques to win the race.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Goal!: Your 30-Day Game Plan for Business and Career Success (April 2009)
GLADYS STONE is an executive coach and recruiter who injects a dose of adrenaline into corporations and individuals to empower them to perform at higher levels. Her company, Whelan Stone works primarily with Fortune 500 companies, recruiting high-impact talent and boosting the performance level of management. Gladys is driven to help clients achieve their goals and has been frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine and the New York Times. Their site, GOAL!, has the latest on job trends.
10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career
Go to the Book Store
Employment consultant Ralph Ferrone demonstrates: how to go about securing the interview - from CV preparation to query letters, and more; how to dress, walk, and talk; common interview questions and how to answer them; how to deal with illegal questions ; and lots more! "Don't Blow the Interview" is concise, clear and complete. Whether you're looking for a first post college position or considering a mid life career change, this book has the strategies, tips, sample resumes, and lots more to show you not only how not to blow it, but how to get what you want.
Get
Hired! by Paul C. Green
For professional job candidates, this updated version of "Get Hired!"
will be a valuable tool for interview preparation. This is the authoritative
book on how to Ace The Interview by sharing past successes that predict
future performance. It begins with taking advantage of job trends, and
then moves into developing a competency profile, preparing honest examples
to share in the interview, and building rapport with the interviewer.
Special attention is given to dealing with killer questions and preparing
to visit the shrink during high level assessment.
Interview
Magic - Job Interview Secrets from America's Career and Life Coach
For the first time, a winning coaching technique is applied to the interview
process to help you connect with employers and collaborate on how you
can serve their needs. More than an interview how-to, this "career
dictionary" holds A-to-Z secrets from America’s most trusted
career coach. Future-proof your career as you learn to provide value to
employers, create a memorable career brand, quadruple your interview opportunities,
tap into the most overlooked interview "must," demonstrate your
ability to do the job, and bottom-line the return-on-investment employers
will receive for hiring you.
Top
Answers to 121 Job Interview Questions
Experienced interviewers provide answers to the 121 most frequently asked
job interview questions including behavioural and competency based questions,
commitment and fit and questions specially for graduates and school leavers.
This comprehensive work also includes a step by step guide helping candidates
predict the questions they may be asked. Download
a similar E-Book
Ultimate CV: Trade secrets from a recruitment insider
Ultimate CV tells you exactly what you need to know to write a selling CV. Recruitment expert Rowan Manahan offers insider knowledge on what does and does not impress and guidance on how to turn the basic essentials of your CV into a successful presentation. In clear-cut language this book tells you: - What to include and what to avoid - How to steer clear of easy blunders and employ simple but effective techniques.
The field of education offers fantastic opportunities for a great career. Take advantage of these opportunities by putting your best foot forward in the job market and write a CV that will impress the headteacher. This book gives job seekers strategies and ideas and includes a comprehensive collection of sample resumes and cover letters written by some of the America's best professional resume writers.
Comeback
Moms
Here is a book for the millions of moms who want to do what's best for
their families and for themselves. Monica Samuels and J.C. Conklin show
what to do when you’re ready to leave work to be a full-time mother,
how to maintain contacts while away from the job, and then how to execute
a successful reentry into the workforce anywhere from one to twenty years
after you've left.
Where's My Oasis
Written in a wry, highly enjoyable and accessible style Where's My Oasis? is extremely informative and has a unique, holistic approach, tackling every area of career management: both in the long- and short-term. Where's My Oasis? is not simply a straight text on drafting CVs and dealing with interviews, but addresses topics such as: defining your goals; determining where your strengths lie; coping with job-hunting stress; networking; and much, much more! This book is a must-have for everyone thinking of changing their lives.
Networking
Skills That Will Get You the Job You Want
A
guide to getting the job for those just entering or re-entering the workforce.
The author provides answers to the questions: how to identify one's own
professional potential; what networking is and how to start doing it;
how to build rapport through effective communication and how to stay firmly
established within the networking hoop.
Job
Seeking
This
practical guide encourages you to proactively manage the job-seeking process.
It provides you with the skills you need to successfully negotiate the
next step of your career. It provides the structure for career self-assessment,
identify potential sources for new employment, suggests effective strategies
for the stages of the job search and guidance of how to improve
self-promotional skills.
Job Hunting For Dummies Kindle E-book
Whether you're a recent high school or college grad or an established workforce veteran, changing jobs can be a scary experience. Let Job Hunting For Dummies, 2nd Edition, be your guide to pushing your career forward. Author Max Messmer, Chairman and CEO of Robert Half International (the world's largest specialized staffing firm), has used his job search expertise to create this cutting-edge guide to job hunting. Messmer offers the kind of friendly advice and insider's tips that can enhance your job search from start to finish.
For anyone caught in a frustrating job search, direct calling is the most effective way to get fast results. Yet many job seekers don't use it - or don't know how to use it effectively. While other career books advise job seekers to call potential employers, they don't tell them what to say or do to get the desired response: an interview. Get Hired Now! gives readers a step-by-step 15-day action plan to generate at least three interviews in three weeks, make connections, and get employers to say, "Yes!"
Get your career back on track so that you're doing work you love Being in the wrong job can deplete you. It can make you restless, frustrated and short tempered. If you're in the right job, though, you feel light, focused, in control. Happy. Whether you're looking for a radical change of career or just a fresh start, experienced careers coach Sue Clarke is uniquely placed to help you find a job you love and achieve career satisfaction and success.
This book features a select group of top-notch recruiters on the topic of choosing and changing career paths. It explores the challenges associated with mid-to-senior-level career navigation and also looks at the topic of alternative industries. It shows readers how to compete for a top position , utilize talent agents, and employ the Internet.
This guide will help you boost your brain power, improve your memory, and come up with brilliant inventions and ideas. You can test how likely you are to become a famous genius and learn the secrets of geniuses such as Einstein and Mozart. The book includes plenty of tests and games.
Tells how to re-examine career goals, recreate oneself as a brand, transform one's work, take advantage of a personal web site, and market oneself.
If you have trouble getting up in the morning, if you find that you lack motivation in your work, if you find that you really can't be bothered with your family and friends anymore, this book provides you with some of the world's finest cynical and defeatist thoughts.
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