- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (28 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0273702114
- ISBN-13: 978-0273702115
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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- #34 in Books > Business, Finance & Law > Careers > CVs
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"easy to use and it offers a range of approaches" - The Guardian, July 2006
"as good a book as you're going to get on writing a CV" - Student Accountant, February 2007
Evening Standard, September 11, 2001
unlike many other publications on this subject, this title starts from scratch and offers clear and precise advice
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28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sound advice on maximising your CV, intelligent and humorous,
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This review is from: Brilliant CV: What Employers Want to See and How to Say it (Paperback)
This book provides a fascinating insight into how to prepare a CV that will get you shortlisted for a job. Cutting through redundant psychological theory, Jim Bright and Joanne Earl give practical advice on how to get the most out of a CV. Through anecdotes and sample CVs (both good and bad)the authors manage to inject considerable humour into what could be a dull subject.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Only got my CV 2/3rds complete. Try something else instead.,
This review is from: Brilliant CV: What Employers Want to See and How to Say it (Paperback)
I followed this book and it only got my CV around 2/3rds complete. It was fine for creating the content... stress achievements, not responsibilities, make it employer focused etc. However, the presentation advice is dire. It expects every candidate to present CV's in one format, which I found totally stifled my ability to sell my skills. This was further confirmed by two friends who work in HR and a recruitment consultant. They looked at my "Brilliant CV" and said the content was fine, but it looked amateurish and it was hard to figure out my out core skills at a glance. They told me I needed to impart the right information quickly the get my CV in the "review pile".So I looked for other books to help me and found Resume Magic. If Brilliant CV was written by a C grade student, Resume Magic was written by A grade student. It is a night and day difference. Resume Magic goes one step beyond Brilliant CV and show you through exhaustive examples how basic principles can be applied to a wide range of careers and experiences. Brilliant CV's advice will only suit a certain range of experience and career, which is fine if your career fits the Brilliant CV mould, but if like me it doesn't...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good advice,
This review is from: Brilliant CV: What Employers Want to See and How to Say it (Paperback)
I had not written a CV in quite some time and I looked at quite a few books before choosing this one. I liked this one as it is well laid out. The information is clearly signposted, which allowed me to flick through it very quickly to glean what I needed. It provided me with a good reminder of the essentials required for writing a good CV and I'm getting a good hit rate so far.
The book also contains plenty of examples and templates for readers to create their own perosnalised CV.
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