- Paperback: 296 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (26 Nov 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0273714864
- ISBN-13: 978-0273714866
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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- #30 in Books > Business, Finance & Law > Careers > CVs
- #55 in Books > Business, Finance & Law > Management > Human Resources > Interviewing & Recruitment
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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
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.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
Format: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
Format: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.
The book also contains plenty of examples and templates for readers to create their own perosnalised CV.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I just wanted to tell people how much of a difference it made to read this book and update my CV. Before this book I had maybe 3 calls a week from recruiters if I were lucky. I had 1 interview in a month.
I received the book on Saturday, read it and started updating my CV in the weekend. Applied for a job on Monday and got a job offer Tuesday! Also I received 6 called in 2 days from recruiters wanting to send my CV to employers or just contacting me about general inquiries.
See that is a major improvement and I would have wished that I had seen/discovered this book a month ago!
Best of luck to all you job hunters and hope this book helps you like it did me!
I received the book on Saturday, read it and started updating my CV in the weekend. Applied for a job on Monday and got a job offer Tuesday! Also I received 6 called in 2 days from recruiters wanting to send my CV to employers or just contacting me about general inquiries.
See that is a major improvement and I would have wished that I had seen/discovered this book a month ago!
Best of luck to all you job hunters and hope this book helps you like it did me!
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Only got my CV 2/3rds complete. Try something else instead.
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. Read more
Published 7 months ago by wozinaname
Brilliant!!
A very informative book, goes through all aspects of producing a CV and how to present it to employer's, useful tips and examples. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by T. Chamberlain
CVs written in the 1st Person!!
Clearly not an expert, or I would not have bought the book. Some bits useful, but the credibility of it is called into question as soon as they show good examples in the 1st... Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2008 by L. D. Webber
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Published on 9 May 2008 by P. Rose
Great CV book - just what you want
Excellent book. Covered all the CV stuff I was hoping it would. Well written (as you'd expect from the books in this series). Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2008 by Georgie Hayes
Brilliant.
Fantastic book. I hadn't really made a proper CV beofore using this book, and I got an interview from the first one I sent! Read more
Published on 10 July 2006 by Natalie
Useful if you've not written a CV for a while
All credit to this book. I hadn't needed to look for a job for some time - but needed to due to recent circumstances. Read more
Published on 3 July 2006 by Captain Craig
How to generate your best CV
I found this book to be excellent. I had previously applied for 5 jobs and had not even been short-listed even though l had the appropriate qualifications, since reading this book... Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2006
Amazing
One of the best cv books I have ever read. If your looking for a job and writing CV's then you need this book!
Published on 10 April 2005 by Mr. M. R. Gee
Helped me write a good CV and get a good job
The good thing about this book is that all the suggestions were tried out on a body of recruiters. Some CV styles that the authors didn't think would work actually worked very... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2005 by S. G. Walter
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