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- By James Innes
- Published Dec 30, 2015 by FT Press.
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- Copyright 2015
- Edition: 3rd
- Book
- ISBN-10: 1-292-08639-4
- ISBN-13: 978-1-292-08639-2
In a competitive job market, first impressions are vital. To get an interview you’re going to have to stand out and a well-executed cover letter is vital to ensure that you do not fall at the first hurdle.
This book takes you through all the essential rules and high impact strategies to ensure your cover letter makes you stand out from the crowd. It takes a detailed look at the fifteen most common cover letter mistakes to ensure you do not make the errors that the competition will be, and covers everysituation from email and fax to speculative letters, career-development letters and advert-response letters.
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Sample Content
Table of Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
How to use this book
Part 1 Laying the foundations
1. Why are cover letters so important?
2. Getting the basics right
Part 2 Job-hunting letters
3. Speculative letters: your foot in the door
4. Advert-response letters: a winning strategy
Part 3 Specialist cover letters
5. Letters of application for specialist sectors
Part 4 The 15 most common cover letter mistakes
6. How to avoid them!
Part 5 Other job search letters
7. Application follow-up letters
8. Interview thank-you letters
9. Negotiating an offer
10. Requesting a reference
11. Resignation letters
12. Offer acceptance letters
13. Rejecting an offer
14. Accepting rejection
Part 6 Pay rise request letters
15. Requesting a pay rise
Part 7 Promotion request letters
16. Requesting a promotion
Part 8 CVs and interviews
17. CVs
18. Interviews
Part 9 My five top tips to make your cover letter stand out
19. How to make your cover letter stand out!
20. Checklist
Further reading and resources
Appendix A: 250 action verbs
Appendix B: 50 positive adjectives
Appendix C: 222 commonly misspelled words
Index
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About the author
Acknowledgements
How to use this book
Part 1 Laying the foundations: getting the basics right
1. Why are CVs so important?
2. Aesthetics and presentation: looking good on paper
3. Content and style: what to say and how to say it
4. Structure: which type of CV is right for you?
Part 2 Building your CV: section by section
5. Personal details
6. Professional profile
7. Objective
8. Education and qualifications
9. Career history
10. Key skills
11. Achievements
12. Other details
13. Interests and activities
Part 3 The 15 most common CV writing mistakes
14. How to avoid them!
Part 4 When the usual rules don’t apply …
15. Ten solutions for ten potential problems
16. Special cases – professions where the rules are different
17. CVs and résumés – looking for work abroad
Part 5 Tailoring your CV
18. How to adapt your CV for every application
Part 6 LinkedIn
19. LinkedIn
Part 7 Looking at the whole picture
20. Cover letters
21. Interviews
22. Your new job
Part 8 CV and cover letter examples and templates
23. Twenty-one CV examples to help you write yours
Part 9 My five top tips to make your CV stand out
24. How to make your CV stand out!
Further reading and resources
Appendix A: 250 action verbs
Appendix B: 50 positive adjectives
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Appendix C: 222 commonly misspelled words
Index