The Job-Ready Guide

How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success

This book

• Features interviews with industry professionals, employers, and graduates, selfdevelopment exercises and focused learning outcomes • Is a one-stop shop with everything readers need to become job-ready, including developing the skills that employers want, doing a successful job search, performing in interviews and assessment centres and planning for a dream career • Empowers job-seekers to feel in control of their employability and career planning by providing practical advice and interactive self-assessment exercises

Description

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'.

Author Information

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 Chair of national parenting support charity Family Lives, Anastasia de Waal has written a number of publications on education and family issues. Edition: 1 Date: 03/05/2019 Price: £15.99 Paperback: 9780749483258 Ebook: 9780749483265 Pages: 248 Format (mm): 235x155 Product Category: General Subject: Job Seeking

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Setting yourself up for success

1 CV building 2 Career planning 3 Work experience and internships 4 Further study

2 Developing job-ready skills

5 Leadership and teamwork 6 Communication skills 7 Problem-solving 8 Industry knowledge

3 Looking for a job

9 Systematic job hunting 10 Understanding what employers want 11 Social media, personal branding and selfpromotion 12 Networking 13 Budgeting and money skills

4 Applying for a job

14 Creating a winning CV 15 Covering letters and application forms 16 Interviews 17 Assessment centres 18 Giving presentations 19 Getting an offer

5 Starting a job

20 Planning and preparation 21 Twenty questions about your first day answered 22 Making a good impression and building positive relationships 23 Planning your next move 24 Index